| Title: | TurboLaser Notesfile - AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 systems |
| Notice: | Welcome to WONDER::TURBOLASER in it's new home shortly |
| Moderator: | LANDO::DROBNER |
| Created: | Tue Dec 20 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1218 |
| Total number of notes: | 4645 |
Crossposted in Ask_ssag AIRFLOW : Storageworks versus TURBOLASER The design of the Storageworks SW800 is Air in: Front and Rear Warm Air out: Top and bottom Rear. The design of the TURBOLASER is Air in: Top and Bottom Warm air out: Front and Rear. This is strange, or did our design teams not have the same crititeria when designing the the enclosures? Yes, This issue was raised by my client as well. Can future cabinets be designed with our systems in mind. Regards Ivan
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| 1172.1 | SMURF::GREBUS | DTN 381-1426 - Digital Unix | Mon Apr 21 1997 16:49 | 17 | |
>This is strange, or did our design teams not have the same
>crititeria when designing the the enclosures?
It doesn't seem likely they would have. The Turbolaser enclosure was
designed circa 1990 (for the 7000/10000 family) to cool CPU modules and
pre-Storageworks disk mounting. The SA-800 enclosure was designed much
later, to accomodate the existing airflow pattern for Storageworks
shelves.
>Can future cabinets be designed with our systems in mind.
A reasonable suggestion, assuming you never have to mix components from
different generations of systems. Also a suggestion that will probably
go unheard unless you make it through a more official channel.
/gary
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| 1172.2 | MASS10::geraldo.reo.dec.com::ConnollyG | One of those awfully nice AlphaStudio People | Fri Apr 25 1997 10:19 | 1 | |
And rackmount processors normally have a front to back airflow! | |||||