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    Would your SMB customers mount a server on their wall?

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    • RoguePacketR
      RoguePacket
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      @ryan-from-xbyte Got one which did just that.... They were very insistent.

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      • ryan from xbyteR
        ryan from xbyte @RoguePacket
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        @RoguePacket said:

        @ryan-from-xbyte Got one which did just that.... They were very insistent.

        One of our reps was very insistent????

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        • RoguePacketR
          RoguePacket
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          Nah, mounting a server on a wall.

          =:-o

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          • ryan from xbyteR
            ryan from xbyte @RoguePacket
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            @RoguePacket Did the wall mounting go well? Easy to maintain?

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @ryan from xbyte
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              @ryan-from-xbyte said:

              @RoguePacket Did the wall mounting go well? Easy to maintain?

              Ours did. @sonshineacres is the one who did the wall mounts.

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              • PSX_DefectorP
                PSX_Defector
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                I've bought a similar product from these guys in the past. Wouldn't do a server with it, but I have done a patch panel and switch with it. Works great.

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                • ProliantMattP
                  ProliantMatt
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                  I have recommended this when there was no space for a tower server.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @ProliantMatt
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                    @ProliantMatt said:

                    I have recommended this when there was no space for a tower server.

                    I like wall flush mounts. Very easy to not bump into and never get put on the dusty floor.

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                    • ProliantMattP
                      ProliantMatt @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller though as the Tower server Product manager for HP, I say there is POWER in the TOWER! 👯

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @ProliantMatt
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                        @ProliantMatt said:

                        @scottalanmiller though as the Tower server Product manager for HP, I say there is POWER in the TOWER! 👯

                        Do you hear a horn section when you say that?

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          NTG's last towers retired around 2009. A pair of Compaq Proliant 800s that ran NT4 till the end. Good machines. But that Pentium III 500 was getting slow by the end!

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                            Bill Kindle @ProliantMatt
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                            • RoguePacketR
                              RoguePacket @ryan from xbyte
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                              @ryan-from-xbyte said:

                              @RoguePacket Did the wall mounting go well? Easy to maintain?

                              It was a 1U server thingamajig, haven't heard complaints. Seen in place for 12-18 months. Can empathize, as the area didn't have much in the way of space options. ...and I was there for an informal consult, less of a long term support for them.

                              Guess it was SMB mentality: attractive low cost, and matches otherwise low number feasible options.

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender
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                                While I I think things like this are cool, SMBs looking to save some funds can save several hundred by purchasing a tower and installing a shelve. The towers are always less expensive than the rack version, and the shelve probably cost less too. Granted not as soon line, but for $500+ savings...

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Are towers always cheaper?

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    Are towers always cheaper?

                                    I can't say always, but in my experience with HP's they have been.

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                                    • NaraN
                                      Nara @Dashrender
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                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      Are towers always cheaper?

                                      I can't say always, but in my experience with HP's they have been.

                                      The lower-end towers are relatively inexpensive.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @Nara
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                                        @Nara said:

                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        Are towers always cheaper?

                                        I can't say always, but in my experience with HP's they have been.

                                        The lower-end towers are relatively inexpensive.

                                        Well sure. But so are entry level racks. For the same config I've not noticed towers as cheaper.

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                                        • ryan from xbyteR
                                          ryan from xbyte @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          Are towers always cheaper?

                                          In the secondary market, rack servers are cheaper. We rarely see towers in any of our bulk purchases and the lack of supply keeps the prices up. A similar rack could be $1,000 less than the tower.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @ryan from xbyte
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                                            @ryan-from-xbyte said:

                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            Are towers always cheaper?

                                            In the secondary market, rack servers are cheaper. We rarely see towers in any of our bulk purchases and the lack of supply keeps the prices up. A similar rack could be $1,000 less than the tower.

                                            Towers typically go to long holding SMBs who but them in cheap configurations, one at a time and run them into the ground. Rack servers are generally better configured, put into well maintained environments and purchased in quantity and put into reasonable life cycles.

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