<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, raised flooring is very obsolete ... and for those of us who like building systems from cast off equipment like those extra tall 22" equipment racks, cable raceways and raised flooring equipment is better than a trip to the flea market.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Consider that the raised floor concept was primarily designed for and is useful in ducting cool air into the blade racks and passing all the power cabling and distribution around, neatly and out of the way. (Power & cold air below, data and exhaust air above)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV>The fellow in Canada building a Beowulf from "found" parts should search his immediate environs for any server farms in a "modernizing" mode. In many cases these g'ment and commercial IT departments will pay you to haul the stuff away ... check it out.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ed Karns</DIV><DIV>FireWireStuff.com </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 6, 2006, at 11:49 AM, <A href="mailto:beowulf-request@beowulf.org">beowulf-request@beowulf.org</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Lucida Grande">Summary:</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 16.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Lucida Grande"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Raised floors are obsolete and should pretty much never again be used.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 16.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Lucida Grande"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Period.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <DIV>... R. Brown</DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>