Re: "Hypothetical" Datacenter Overheating

[Shawn L via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

I remember those days --- I think we bought cages from someone and pulled the boards out of the modems to mount them.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Chris Adams" <cma () cmadams net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 1:30pm
To: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: "Hypothetical" Datacenter Overheating



Once upon a time, Izaac <izaac () setec org> said:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 08:37:09AM -0800, Warren Kumari wrote:
> > ISP/Colo provider
>
> The good ole days. When one stacked modems with two pencils in between
> them and box fans blew through the gaps.

The back-room ISP I started at was at least owned by a company with
their own small machine shop, so we had them make plates we could mount
two Sportsters (sans top) to and slide them into card cages. 20 modems
in a 5U cage!
-- 
Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>