Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:20:31 +0100 From: Lukas Wunner <lukas@design.de> To: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net> Cc: FreeBSD ISP List <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Racks Message-ID: <19971125192031.48757@reactor> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971125104724.26894A-100000@flash.tbe.net>; from Gary D. Margiotta on Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 10:54:31AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971125104724.26894A-100000@flash.tbe.net>
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Hi, > Anyone have any recommendations for a decent rack? I am looking for a > rack that will hold a few rackmount cases (4 or 5 if we can fit them, > standard 19" 4U cases), a 14" or 15" monitor on a shelf, and a UPS without > fear of buckling or tipping over. We currently have a rack from Datatel, > and it is kinda cheesy. The holes aren't lined properly, but it holds the > few things we have on it, couple routers, CSU/DSU and a hub, UPS. I am > looking to spend under $500 per rack if possible, but am willing to go > higher for better quality (definately under $1000 tho). We currently use the racks made by Rittal. It's a German company but I figure they seel their products worldwide. You may want to take a look at www.rittal.de. We use racks of the PS4000 series, 600x600mm and a height of 2m. We buy them w/o the skins and front/backdoor because it is quite useful to be able to access the equipment from all sides. You have to buy 19" rails and put them in the rack, and there's lots of stuff to build into the rack (additional floors, glide rails etc; it's pretty cool). The PS4000 racks are pretty stable in my opinion. If we would use the skins, they would be even more stable. We probably stuff a couple hundred kilograms into these boxes and we haven't experienced any problems so far. The racks made by Schroff (www.schroff.de) are probably also quite okay, I don't have as much experience with these. Lukas. -- lukas wunner unix, internetworking and security engineer lukas@wunner.de LW26-RIPE http://www.wunner.de/~lukas/ Funkmodems mit 2.4GHz FAQ http://www.wunner.de/~lukas/funk/
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