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Now, from BorgCo - a drinks cooler that fits in a 19" rack.
Has USB and Ethernet connections for status monitoring.
Holds an entire 24-can slab of half-litre beer cans.
Anonymous, undistinguished brushed-aluminium front panel with a couple of small status LEDs and a 4 x 4 keypad for entering
the access code.
Beer not included.
19" Rackmount Fridge
19_22_20Rackmount_20Fridge
Prior Art acknowledged. [8th of 7, Dec 15 2009]
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Why would someone want to cool beer? |
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In order to render tinned lager almost drinkable. |
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How is the 24-can array arranged? |
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At approx 3" diameter per can, you could get max 6 cans in a row, leaving another inch spare for your fridge-housing. |
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If 1U = 1.75", then to house 4 x 6 cans, you're going to need an 8U unit (7U for cans, and another one for bits and bobs) |
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This is assuming a single 'layer' of cans - make it capable of holding 2, or 3 deep - and you've got a 48, or 72 can unit. |
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The diameter of a barrel of beer is approx 17" so yes, that ought to be rackmountable too. |
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// Why would someone want to drink lager? // |
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Because by 0345, all the Tippex is gone from the stationary cupboard, the whiteboard cleaning fluid has been scoffed, and desperation is setting in. |
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Thanks 8th! Further potential lies in cheese: |
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A full Stilton is about 7" in diameter, allowing you room to rackmount 2 cheeses - with room to spare for crackers and cutlery. |
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If you forwent the cooling, you could have a compartment for brie and camembert which should be nice and gooey from the heat of your various servers etc. |
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A 2U wine-rack might come in handy as well. |
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// Has USB and Ethernet connections for status monitoring. // |
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Come on [bigs], read the spec .... |
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//The diameter of a barrel of beer is approx 17" so yes, that ought to be rackmountable too.// |
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Question, is it better to focus on A single large Keg of Beer, or to have A Redundant Array of Individual Drinks? |
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(I'm rather fond of Red Stripe). |
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The single large keg probably has the edge in terms of access time. The RAID approach is more spill-tolerant, in that the most you can ever lose is one canfull, whereas if the spigot on the keg fails, you could lose the lot. |
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5 minutes sounds like a reasonable lease time. High end units will implement Tuborg Carlsberg Protocol/Internet Party and Draught Heineken Cask Protocol. |
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