[140165] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Server Cabinet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Wed May 4 09:21:15 2011
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:20:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <201105041258.p44Cwpif083198@aurora.sol.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 4 May 2011, Joe Greco wrote:
> Good comments so far. I didn't see this one though:
>
> 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
> front and back of a single rack. Remember to tie them together if
> you go that route, attachment to a wall or up top highly recommended
> as well.
I was about to suggest that. Chatsworth actually makes hardware just for
this.
http://www.chatsworth.com/uploadedFiles/Files/50110_CUT.pdf
We have a number of these which we've used to convert left over 2-post
relay racks into sturdy 4-post racks.
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