Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] testing the waters
From: David Olofson (david_AT_gardena.net)
Date: Sat Jul 08 2000 - 06:41:06 EEST
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> the big problem with the 2U requirement is that it needs a special
> backplane, because conventional PCI cards won't fit vertically in a 2U
> space. problem ? cost goes up, quite significantly.
What's so terrible about 3U? :-) (Many samplers come in that size.)
> there is also a big problem with fan noise. i have seen some hints
> that you can drastically slow the main power-supply fan on a rack
> mount case to reduce the noise level, but silent it ain't ever gonna
> be. not very nice.
This is a good reason to switch to PPC G3 or G4 - only some 15% (for
the G3 IIRC) of the power consumption of a P-II, and they seem to
give more MIPS/MHz, especially for DSP kind of stuff.
//David
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