Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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StocksR4Me, your specification is a little confusing -

Still looking for a 1-2 tier vendor for a dual opteron 5U tower server using U320 hard drives. Preferably 4-6 drive bays with dual controller.

1. When I see 5U I think of a rack mount system, not a tower. Is this going to be horizontally mounted in a rack?

2. 5U is a bunch of space. You can get dual Opteron servers in 1U configurations, bundled with a disk expansion chassis. I'd think you can get the combo to fit in 5U. For instance the HP Proliant DL145 is a 1U dual-Opteron server -

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl145/benefits.html

Here is a 2U disk expansion chassis:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/msa1500cs/index.html

So you can get the server & two slim expansion boxes to fit in 5U!

Here is a 4U expansion box:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/msa1000/index.html

Does this help?