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1U is a "pizza box", you don't have to rack it to use it. Lots of people have bigger rackable switches and servers just sitting on a desk.
by hbsbsbsndk 2y ago
1U is a "pizza box", you don't have to rack it to use it. Lots of people have bigger rackable switches and servers just sitting on a desk.
- kortilla 2y agoDepends on the depth. “Pizza box” generally referred to the smaller rack mounted stuff that could fit in the 24 inch depth racks. They were called pizza boxes because 19 inch width and that depth made them nearly square. A typical 1U full sized server is 40+ inches though. Those are really annoying to put at a desk.
- pjmlp 2y agoNot really, back in the days of UNIX glory workstation days also as something to put on the desk, https://blog.pizzabox.computer https://blog.pizzabox.computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza-box_form_factor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza-box_form_factor
- kortilla 2y agoNot sure what you mean, but nobody I know of referred to the 4ft long servers as pizza boxes. Because the name sort of implied it was something small enough to throw on a desk and stack stuff on.