Rack Mountable PC Chassisessess...

[Magnus Danielson]

>>>>> "LMR" == Lucas Medeiros Reis <lucas.reis at openlink.com.br> writes:

 LMR> You guys said that a Rack-mountable PC is expensive. Well, we all know that
 LMR> there are many more Macs in the music than PCs. So, are the Rack-mountable
 LMR> Macs cheaper than PCs? Do you have any idea of prices (Dollar, please...:)?

 LMR> Other question: Can I get, for example, a PCI-card and put it on a rack
 LMR> unit, connecting to the computer by cables?

The simple answer:
No.

The reason:
Pulling the signals directly out of the PCI contact woun't work, you
would get too much capacitance and PCI is sensitive to this, infact
this is a limiting factor for how many cards you may have, 8 is
allowed, but the PCI chip is worth one and the PCI contact is worth
one so each card is 2 worth in the capacitance budget, thus giving 4
cards.

The solution:
If you really want to do this you must use some sort of PCI bus
extender that preferably goes over fiber. I think that Dolphin does
such devices...

Cheers,
Magnus