RE: DATACENTER: 24" cabinets vs 27" cabinets

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

> From: mike harrison [mailto:meuon@highertech.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 9:09 AM
> 
> > Simply say "no". Yes, I've been hearing that same line for 
> 20 years. Every
> > time I've listened to it, I've wasted >12% of space which 
> NEVER populated a
> > single 21-inch piece of gear. The argument is based on FUD.
> 
> I guess that I  have 3 full relay racks of 21" fiber gear (Lucent OC3
> DDM2000) and other related equipment (patches, DS3 interfaces) is
> irrelevant. I also have two 27" cabinets full of non-intel type
> servers that they are paying an extra pretty penny for colo, because
> they were told at the other colocation facilities in the region
> that they would not accept the larger cabinets. The customer 
> wanted it, 
> , was willing to pay for it, it was provided. :)
> 
> At the WorldCom, Teleglobe, and Quest facilities in the neighborhood, 
> it's about half and half: 19 and 21 inch... 

You did not refute the statement that all of it, or equivalent, was ALSO
available in 19-inch rack format. There is nothing, in 21-inch form factor,
that isn't also available in the 19-inch form factor. The initial question
leads us to believe a brand-splinter new installation with no legacy
equipment.