Re: DATACENTER: Rack Mounting Server Towers

[woods@most.weird.com (Greg A. Woods)]

[ On Wednesday, April 21, 1999 at 19:17:13 (-0700), Mark Strother wrote: ]
> Subject: DATACENTER: Rack Mounting Server Towers
>
> 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?

The best way I know to deal with PCs (tower or desktop) in a server room
is to refuse them!  ;-)

I've one colleague who is so tight for space that he's actually
requiring that everyone go with the rack chassis, and charging them by
the rack unit, and he's willing to sell or lease more suitable systems
if his customers can't find them on their own.

Those old 9" SMD drive drawer mounting units with individual sliders
do work quite well for some tower chassis if you do a little mechanical
rework....

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