In article <49F89DC8.10803 at vaxen.net>,
Doc <doc at vaxen.net> writes:
Looks to me like you'd be far better off
building on a transport
frame than a mobile home frame. A semi flatbed or van will be designed
to hold up under heavy loads and unevenly distributed weight. Also,
it's been my observation that most "mobile" homes are designed and built
to move once or twice, and start breaking up after that.
Reasonable idea. I've seen surplus environment controlled trailers
for sale on govliquidation.
Here's the larger context. We're moving our gear from a smaller
(2,000sqft), cramped, rented warehouse to a larger (10,000sqft),
roomier rented warehouse. We will move again because my main
benefactor wants to own, not rent. First, I wanted to get a
reasonably cost effective way to subdivide the larger space into an
environmentally controlled area. It *might* be possible to just back
a trailer into this warehouse, I haven't measured the doors. Second,
I was thinking that if everything was inside a trailer, then when we
move to the next location I could just relocate the trailer once and
not have to deal with teardown/buildup at the new location unless its
a permanent one.
Other ideas on how to subdivide a large open space into a machine room
at a reasonable cost are welcome. The target machine load currently
includes:
- SGI Challenge XL
- SGI Onyx XL
- 4 rack SGI Reality Monster
- 2 deskside Origin 2000s
- 2 SGI 4D/310 VGX
- 2 deskside Onyx
- 1 deskside Crimson
- PDP-11/03 w/dual RL01s in BA23 cabinet
- 2 E&S ESVs (same side as deskside Onyx)
The SGI and E&S gear eat a fair amount of current, requiring 15A
supplies minimum.
I'm also interested in hearing about the cheapest way to get the
electrics wired, preferably from someone who's done it (Sridhar?
Will Donzelli?).
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