Gents,

FYI, in the past two days we've received two requests to install already purchased equipment in GITC 4320.

Both were purchased for use in an office/lab, but were deemed too noisy and hot for such an environment.

Both also stated virtualized hosts were not suitable for their research.

Both systems are in tower cases.

These requests show that active funded researchers would greatly benefit from Matt's "Research Computing Rack Pod Concept" (COR-9965) as it provides a proactive solution for their needs. Likewise IST would benefit by not expending person-hours on such requests.

A quick check of 4320 shows these possible physical locations, assuming power is available:

Rack at G14 (UCS Raque 4), makeshift metal shelf in place.
Rack at G9, existing drawer from deprovisioned Sun system (E450?).
Atop the half-rack at B2-B3. It does have top cooling vents, but these are already blocked by misc junk and top is cool to the touch.
Workbench labeled "UCS Table" G10-G13.

Clearly a location that simplifies later rack pod deployment is preferred.

Formal PRs are forthcoming for each system.

Thank you,

~Kevin