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RE: DATACENTER: Rack Mounting Server Towers
Rack mount cases are not $700
I buy them from a local distributor for $250, in qty 2-5
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
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> We have some mid-towers, three to a drawer, in a 19 inch rack. We can fit about 9 of them (short cabinet). Not as space-efficient as a rack-mount, but rack-mount chassis $cost$. The mid-tower chassis are about $69US each, one-tenth the rack-mount chassis cost. We get our racks from "Industrial Computer Supply" in San Diego.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mark Strother
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 7:17 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: DATACENTER: Rack Mounting Server Towers
>
>
> I'm curious as to how people out there deal with rack mounting non
> rackmountable equipment. We offer colocation services and 80% of the
> equipment we colocate are standard PC towers. Currently we just place these
> on shelves within a rack. Although we've never had any problems I guess the
> potential exists for these to be knocked off the shelf if there was an
> accident.
>
> I know some places strap towers onto rack shelves. Is this a common
> practice? What else do you recommend. Maybe rack mounting isn't even the
> best way to deal with this type of equipment?
>
> Mark Strother
> Pacific Online
>
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