Among a few things I have yet to reveal (big thanks still to a local member here); I just received these fine populated cases a few days ago from my friend who runs an A/V company... he just wanted the space.
https://imgur.com/a/qUWir
They both contain Digital Video Systems portable 16 channel video recorder/controller..... Think events and jumbotrons, record, playback......... that about sums it up.
Both cases each had/have a system. One was spare for parts (misc parts disconnected but 99% there), and the other was 100% connected and functioning.... Both still had the 8 drive SCSI raid arrays in them. Massive beasts that sound like jet engines when you power up the main machine. I plan to play with these a little more...... mighty cool tech for its day.
I have already stripped down one case to bare and begun configuring it to be a portable miner satellite unit. 100% self contained aside from power (unless I decide to build in a small generator).
I still need to source some more modules such as a rackmount hub, and some other odds and ends.
So far I plan to have this first one at home; and its constituents so far are:
Dell R5400 (WWAN router and acting router; I plan to populate with probably 3x 960)
Rosewell "rackminer #1": A X58 i7-920 based watercooled system. Good for 3-4 GPU.
"Oldskool GPU #1": Another X58 i7-920 based watercooled system. Good for 2-3 GPU (less airflow in case, was repurposed from the DVS Pentium2 board)
I have several machines in the works built from my scrap pile of parts.... I still have another DVS system I can dismantle to build another 2-3 gpu system for the case.
The second case will probably go right towards my first system I plan to build once I apply for a loan
Even in this down market; I have a plan and a strategy that in my mind... can't fail. It will only fail if the hardware itself becomes obsolete too quickly.... and with the way the Vega is looking; looks like I am going to be ok for a while.
More TBA. Sorry i've been absent
*edit* sorry for imgur link; idk what the deal is with photobucket right now.