[140164] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Server Cabinet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Carpenter)
Wed May 4 09:17:01 2011
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>
In-Reply-To: <201105041258.p44Cwpif083198@aurora.sol.net>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 09:15:55 -0400 (EDT)
To: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
If you have a need for a 4-post rack, do not accomplish that by using 2 2-po=
st racks. You will likely find that rack rails that are designed for a 4-pos=
t rack will not fit.
Get an open-frame 4-post rack. It will come unassembled. It will also likely=
be no more costly that 2 2-post racks.
-Randy
On May 4, 2011, at 8:59, Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net> wrote:
>>> Can you see where this is leading yet? Three obvious questions:
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>>> 1) Have you ever had to fit a cabinet through a doorway that's too small=
?
>>> 2) How did you do it? Cut cabinet, demolish wall ...?
>>> 3) If you cut the cabinet, any tips?
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>> Comment: you need to recognize that you are 'making trouble'. At _some_=
>> point in the future, there will be a need to remove said cabinet from tha=
t
>> location, and the issue will rear it's ugly head *again*.
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>> Suggestion: If there is no alternative to that narrow doorway, consider:
>> a) getting a *different* cabinet -- one that _will_ dis-assemble.
>> b) if 'all else fails', _widen_ the doorway. Thus permanently resolvin=
g
>> the issue.
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>> Option (a) _is_ going to be less time/effort/money than any other alterna=
tive.
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> Good comments so far. I didn't see this one though:
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> It's admittedly far from ideal in some ways, but a great way to deal
> with this sort of situation can be to get a pair of two-post open
> frame relay racks; most of them bolt together and can be put just
> about anywhere. Many times we forget that these can be used as the=20
> front and back of a single rack. Remember to tie them together if=20
> you go that route, attachment to a wall or up top highly recommended
> as well.
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> Of course, this only works if you didn't really need doors on your
> rack, etc.
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> ... JG
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> Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
> "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] the=
n I
> won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam=
(CNN)
> With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many appl=
es.
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