IBM X236 tower / rack server

Advantages: Very versatile mid range server
Disadvantages: support web site can be awkward to navigate

...I started building these when they were X232's,they were good then and are still good now. They work equally well as an SMB domain controller, larger corporate BDC/SQL server or mid use terminal server. I currently support a pair of them using round robin DNS supporting some 100 TS users using office docs, outlook and an accounts package. As you can see from the picture they are a tower unit but you can buy, for about £250 a rack conversion kit. The kit includes a new facia, metal case and rails. Once converted the rails will fit into most SERVER cabinets. This server will not go into a standard 600 wide data cabinet because you tend to find that the doors on the data cabinets hinge in such a way as to stop the server sliding out on its rails unless you remove the door. Secondly the cabinet should be at least 900mm deep. This is...

goosey2 20.05.2006 · Read review
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Tortec Expedition Bicycle Pannier Rack

Advantages: Versatile, durable, good weight capacity, multiple bike fitment
Disadvantages: Black anodising fades

...What no Fancy title? It's a a rack. It goes on your bicycle. It carries stuff. Enough said. I purchased this particular model because it had a Cycling Plus best buy, and had positive reviews elsewhere. I have a daily 22 mile commute, and need to carry quite a bit of kit, including shower stuff and a change of clothes - my walking rucksack was starting to get rather heavy. The rack comes in silver or black - I bought the black one. The Expedition is a heavy-duty rack, weighing in at 900g with a carrying capacity of 30kg, and comes with a handy bracket for mounting a rear light. The multi-mount fitting system is designed to fit a wide range of bicycles. Out of the box The rack certainly looked the business. It appeared to be well constructed, with tidy wields, good quality anodising, and all screws were stainless...

fred_redwood 18.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Tortec Expedition Rear Rack

Top rack

Advantages: Great rack for the money
Disadvantages: Needs more positioning holes

...The Powerline Power Rack is a perfectly adequate entry level power rack and robust enough for domestic use. I bought this product about 2 years ago and it has taken some serious punishment in my garage gym and it's still as structurally sound as the day I got it. It comes with easy-to-assemble instructions and requires nothing more specialist than an adjustable wrench or a socket set to assemble. When looking for a decent power rack I kept coming back to this one, mainly because of the price and while it is pretty basic in comparison to some of the all-singing-and-dancing commercial alternatives, it still offers the same safety function of its more expensive counterparts. The rack a chin-up bar incorporated in the design, as standard, and has the option of adding a Lat pulley attachment at an additional cost. I personally didn...

bison2210 22.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Powerline Power Rack

First, the Wonder Brush - Now, THE RACK

Advantages: Allows bottles, nipples, and all accessories to dry in the same place
Disadvantages: Unless emptied, has a tendency to collect water

...So, now you have finished washing all of those bottles with the highly acclaimed Munchkin Deluxe Bottle Brush. Can't just put them in the strainer, right? You could, but they'll most likely tip over, collect water, won't dry completely, etc. You could put them in the dishwasher, which is not a bad idea, normally, as this will generally "sanitize" them, except when you put REALLY dirty dishes in the dishwasher, and then, as you well know, what was on a few dishes is on ALL the dishes. Or, you could drop them on <fanfare> The Munchkin Bottle Drying Rack (and brush set.) NOTE: As mentioned in the previous review, KEEP the nipple brush from the brush set that comes with the rack, and toss the regular brush. It Slices, It Dices, It makes Juliene Fries --- SORRY - Wrong infomercial (actually, that's a quote from Teenage Mutant Ninja...

freyaschild 18.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Munchkin Bottle Drying Rack & Brush Set

Gibraltar the best rack to buy

Advantages: strong, sturdy, simple, easy to set up
Disadvantages: four legs so can be unbalanced

...i have owned the gibraltar road series rack for a couple of years and it is a must buy, providing you have the money. the simplicity of the design makes it easy to move around, to gigs/practices and also helps with space issues. the best feature for me is the flexibility of the ball joints used for connecting toms to the rack, they allow the tom to be at any angle, which for anyone with rack mountable toms need. one drawback i have encountered with the rack is if the floor is uneven the rack does not balance with all legs on the floor, which is extremely annoying and unstable, especially if you have expensive equipment attached to it which could get damaged. To finish on a plus, the hardware is very strong and good longevity, i feel the rack will last me for the rest of my playing career....

m.want163 26.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gibraltar Racks Road Series

A Fantastic Server!

Advantages: Reliable, powerful, robust
Disadvantages: Im yet to find one. Maybe the hidden costs in addtional items.

...While we have tinkered with vitualisation in the office, we now have a definitive path forward and needed a robust,reliable new server that had maximised uptime and ease of remote management. Therefore we have opted for a DL380 G5 and we have not been disappointed! Read on for more details of this great server and how it become such an important part of our setup. LOOKS/SIZE. The DL380 is really designed to slot into a server cabinet or rack and therefore comes in the standard 2U height configuration. It takes up minimal space in the rack while maximising the the performance. Weight is extremely heavy. It takes 2 of you to pick it up and even install the rail mounting kit (sold separately) that you use to slide it into the rack. What I do like about the mounts on this server is it gives you the option to add 2 extra bolts...

andycharger 30.01.2008 (07.02.2008) · Read review
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Review of HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Base

Better than strap-on racks but wont last long

Advantages: Chunky, engineered product
Disadvantages: Alas heavy, bulky to store and readily corrodes

...My parents used to own a big bike shop so I got to try out all sorts of interesting gear (they usually charged me for it, but I guess thats how they stayed in business). When I started needing to move some pricey mountain bikes on motorways and stuff I wanted a real secure rack - in all senses of the word. The strap on racks were just too easy to pinch and the roofrack isnt ideal on the motorway if you are in a hurry (or want to use a multistory carpark, carport, or garage anytime) Many bike trail parking spots also have height restrictions to keep out vans these days, making bikes on the roof a pain. The rack: The Pendle wheel support rack is a modular system made of (mostly) painted steel pieces that can be assembled into a strong and readily lockable construction. Its 'engineered' rather than pretty but once the bikes are...

adrianjfrost 31.08.2005 (05.10.2005) · Read review
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Review of Pendle Wheel Support Bike Racks

Print server shananagins.

Advantages: Simple, Effective, cheap
Disadvantages: None as far as I can see

...I bought one of these a while ago and have been quite impressed overall. I must agree with the lady reviewer that this device is very useful and also quite easy to use. It does accept two printers via USB and it can connect to your network via either wireless or wired networking. It supports WEP security on your network and seems to have goos signal strength attached to it. As you would expect from Belkin the device is well made and the manual makes a lot of sense. Be aware however that not all printers are supported by the system, I had some trouble getting firmware updates to allow for my Laser printer to work on it - however Belkin have provided these on their website. The device asks that you have the printer drivers already installed on your PC when you install the Belkin software, this isn't like normal print server...

Jon_Farrimond 13.02.2006 · Read review
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Server City Colocation Review

Advantages: Cost, Service, Accesibility (Internet access)
Disadvantages: Location of server house (Stratford, London)

...My clans server has been colocated with them for the last 3 years. Set up was straightforward, they supplied IP details and settings which I then preset before taking the server to their server house. They CAN set it up from scratch for you, but WILL charge to do so. I met one of their engineers there and within a few minutes the server was up and running.Since then in the 3 years its been with them, its 'downtime' has been restricted to 1 day, for which I received a week of credit. Reason for downtime was given as a DOS (denial of service) attack on the server house. We were credited with a weeks use for that.Others have offered service but none could match them in terms of connection,cost and availability. Our on line gaming clan has members in : Croatia,Ireland,Sweden,Holand,Italy, Scotland,America and Belgium. All have great...

Sunray24B 28.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of ServerCity.co.uk

8841-41X + rack conversion

Advantages: power,redundancy,expandibility
Disadvantages: Price

...The configuration I use is : 2x Xeon 3.6GHz/800MHz (1MB L2 Cache), 4x 512MB ECC 133MHz SDRAM,48x-20x IDE CD-ROM drive, Dual Broadcom 5721 Gigabit Ethernet, ATI Radeon 7000M, IBM 5U x 24in Tower To Rack Conversion Kit ,5x146.4 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra320 80-pin hard drive,Serveraid 7k SCSI raid card, Remote supervisor Adapter II card. Operating System provided by IBM as well ( part number 90P0221) Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Standard Edition. Packaging and manuals: Server is very well packaged,rack conversion comes with explanation for conversion, but the whole conversion is not intuitive at all.Picture provided in installation instructions not very helpful. Bit and pieces included in the packages ,as keyboard and mouse for Server.IBM Director and Serveraid manager CD, plus OS CDin the box, OS pre-installed. Set-Up. Set up is...

starmanx 07.07.2006 · Read review
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