Re: 1U servers with serial ports

In <JVNDf.4011$pO2.3290@trndny09> raf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Raf LaPietra) writes:

>In article <dro715$7e4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>Stan Brown <stanb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>In <04NDf.3340$494.2607@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>tristram.scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tristram Scott) writes:
>>
>>>Stan Brown <stanb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> I've got a stack of old desktop PC's running data collection apps in a
>>>> location we are going to rework. I thought I'd neaten up things by
>>>> replacing these with a nice rack and some 1U servers.
>>>>
>>>> Problem is, looking at the Sun site, it does not appear that they offer a
>>>> fairly low end 1U unit with an RS-232 port. I need that for these data
>>>> collection machines.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>
>>
>>>Were you after Sparc or 'x86 machines? If you want Sparc then the v100 or
>>>v120 are pretty cheap, and have serial ports. The serial ports use an
>>>RJ-45 connector, but come with an adaptor to the DB-9 or DB-25 connectors
>>>normally used for RS-232. This way you can run the serial cables using
>>>your existing twisted pair network.
>>
>>I'd prefer X86 for this application, as the PC's are runing FreeBS, and I
>>think I will be better off on X86 with this OS. It's more mainstream for
>>them, although I do think there is a port to SPARC.
>>
>>I suppose I _could_ port the app to Solaris if it's a big win to do that.
>>
>> -- Benjamin Franklin

>You could use a usb to serial converter. Solaris 10 has the usbser_edge driver
>and I believe Solaris Express has even more

Good info, thanks for the sugestion.

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