Re: sun blade 1000 donation

Greg Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 28 May 2009, Andy Colson wrote:
> 
>> Yeah, when it shipped I think it was about 75 pounds.  It is a tower, 
>> yes, and an impressively large box (my experience with servers is 
>> limited, this is the first I've ever gotten to play with, so it may 
>> not be out of the ordinary).
> 
> To give you a better idea of the scale people were thinking with your 
> original comment, the last Sun server I installed was 170 pounds and you 
> had to provision a dedicated power outlet for it.  The Blade 1000 would 
> be considered a medium sized server.  A small server is one that fits in 
> 1 to 3 rack units.
> 
> -- 
> * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD

Sweet.  That sounds fun to play on.  So yeah, as I was saying before, 
its a 75lb box, nothing huge.. ya know... average... :-)

-Andy