[38982] in North American Network Operators' Group
Operational Content, I think...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deepak Jain)
Sun Jun 24 15:28:28 2001
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Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:32:02 -0400
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This comes up every now and then, and I still haven't seen a good solution,
so here is the situation.
Every now and then, the graveyard maintenance shift (read: few people) needs
to mount a 7' tall or 600 lb piece of equipment we've all come to know and
love in a rack. While pad jacks are available to move them around the
datacenter floor, equipped with friendly hydraulics and all, there is a
piece missing.
Is there a common-sense piece of equipment available that 1 person can
operate that will support a very bulky, rackmountable piece of equipment so
the same, single person can mount/unmount it near the top of a rack?
I have seen plenty of solutions for this on warehouse floors, but most
datacenters don't have the ceiling height for track-crane. I don't know how
people handle the 15' relay racks either now that I am sharing my gap in
knowledge.
Your advice, suggestions and even jokes are appreciated, but remember, I'm
armed. :)
Deepak
