4U and 1 Mac Pro? Pfbtt! I'm making an 8U one that can hold 9 Mac Pros. I don't have time to photoshop it, but yeah...lol
You gotta show us that when you can... But don't forget to copyright or patent your design first!
4U and 1 Mac Pro? Pfbtt! I'm making an 8U one that can hold 9 Mac Pros. I don't have time to photoshop it, but yeah...lol
But did they have to make it this ugly? Really, what a shame.
Heres to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
This seems stupid. Why not just have multiple Mac Minis in a single 1 or 2U enclosure?
Ah sorry, should have been more clear. I use Lightscribe for a lot of my DVD DL discs. Some dismiss it as novelty, but I use it a lot on client discs (Verbatim has multi-colored Lightscribe discs that I've found better than Memorex). I use Disc Cover 3 RE, create my own graphics, and print em out. Unfortunately, it seems HP isn't pushing it with Blu-Ray media (from what I read). I have an LG Blu-Ray burner w/ Lightscribe in my Mac Pro5,1 I'm throwing on eBay and Craigslist this week, just wish I could use it with my nMP.
It's a really bad solution as well... 4U for a single server wth.
or just buy a real server. it would be cheaper.
Two questions:
- Couldn't one squeeze two Mac Pros in the same enclosure in theory (since rack space is so valuable)?
- As others mentioned, why isn't the heat exhaust on the back side like with other servers?
One problem I see with this configuration is that it will exhaust out the front. If intermixed in the same rack with other mainstream servers that exhaust out the back there will be some serious heat issues.
Racking it into an edit station would be nice, but even in that application 4U is taking away a LOT of space.
Apple spent a lot of money and development time producing the first really usable round computer only to have people start trying to make it square again. The world is a strange place indeed.
4U and 1 Mac Pro? Pfbtt! I'm making an 8U one that can hold 9 Mac Pros. I don't have time to photoshop it, but yeah...lol
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Sonnet has announced a 4U rackmount enclosure and expansion chassis for the new Mac Pro, allowing users to horizontally mount their Mac Pro in a standard data center rack with PCIe expansion capabilities.
The xMac Pro Server includes three PCIe single-width expansion slots, with room for one double-width and one single-width card, Thunderbolt 2 compatibility, and a mounting kit for additional storage or optical drives. On the back, the rack includes three USB 3.0 ports, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and an HDMI port, with a single USB 3.0 port on the front. It includes a 300W power supply and a 75W PCIe power connector for supplemental power to certain power-hungry PCIe cards.
Article Link: Sonnet Announces Mac Pro 4U Rackmount Enclosure and Expansion Chassis
Surely you can? Just put it in a cheap 5.25" external enclosure with esata, and get a thunderbolt dock with esata ports. Or a cheap 5.25 external enclosure that has a usb3 output - more than fast enough for burning.
But did they have to make it this ugly? Really, what a shame.
It's always amusing to hear consumers applying their consumer logic to the pro world. Ignorance runs amuck and I just shake my head; I'd like to laugh, but it's really gotten old the last few years. I get that it'd be nice if everything in the world was aesthetically pleasing in every way, but in the pro world, it's just not even close to the number one priority, and ultimately, that's more than okay. What matters is what tool gets the job done best, not what tool is prettiest. Sometimes the best tool isn't going to be the prettiest, but what matters is that it's the best tool.
Rack mounts like this aren't going to be installed in people's living rooms. It's not furniture. It's not art. It's a tool that some professionals may desire to get certain work done, and it will exist in a place of work where people are busy working and not sitting around on a message board posting about how beautiful their tools are or could be. Ultimately, that people make better looking rack mount kits is neither here nor there. Some do, some don't, but in the end, to a pro who actually needs this sort of setup, what is going to matter most is what tool offers the most functionality, and then in most situations, which is the most cost effective.
There is nothing wrong with wanting nice looking things to exist, but sitting around on a message board ******** on a professional tool because it isn't so aesthetically pleasing is just a silly way to waste your time.
You 'Pros' need to get off your high horse, your jobs aren't the only important ones and often aren't any more difficult than regular jobs. Oh we don't care as long as it does the job.... Please!
Can't help but wonder what effect the horizontal configuration of the nMP will have on thermal control. It seems to me optimal cooling comes in the vertical position. I wonder if buyers of this rack will have heating issues.
You seem upset. There is no need for personal attacks. He is simply saying that, in a professional environment, it is unwise to sacrifice efficiency and functionality (which translates to money) for aesthetics.