Well I have to deal with an engineer who likes to use comparison to things "that I can understand" [sic] He's new (with me) and I'm going to let the line spool out to the end before calling home!
In any case shock does take its toll. I have an aging X5DAE Xeon based box with U320 drives that are getting media errors.
So they want new boxes. Drives won't be a problem - they are putting Pliant LS300S's in there! These are SAS 3.5" 300GB SSD devices. Perhaps some may make it into my system but they are NOT your typical desktop drive! ($$$$)
The waterproof chassis looks nice but it has metal exposed. Non sparking, no ferrous metal is acceptable but it also dings.
The ideal would be to find RELIABLE hardware and POT it up but TDP on ANY cpu just prevents this nevermind Nehalem chips! A long heatpipe coupler may work but honestly they will probably just go fairly conventional inside of a very rugged box. (aka double boxed)
No molex connectors are permitted either!
I wish regular PCs and peripherals would abolish POS molex connectors ASAP! Also SATA power and data connectors are quite fragile and easy to unplug. Very clumsy and flimsy IMO. All my drives are bolted tightly into backplanes for this reason.
How about granite? I've just finished my basement kitchen and the granite top is solid like a rock. Pretty, too.
LOL we don't have weight limits but do you have any idea what kind of damage that box would do when the restraints give (which they would unless they were made to hold 10 tons!) way and it flies about? The phrase "take out some serious shit" comes to mind!
