I love those server hoists... the data center that I work in at U-M has two of them, however they are made by Genie and they are a hand-crank type, no automatic lift. They easily turn a job that could require two, three or even four people into a job that can be quickly done by one person. I really wish I had one for home! :O
Best, Sean On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Toby > Thain > > Sent: 08 July 2015 16:34 > > To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off- > > Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750) > > > > On 2015-07-08 10:46 AM, Fred Cisin wrote: > > > On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, Dave Wade wrote: > > >> Personally I think anything with castors on.... > > > > > > No. > > > I have a PC "server" case from late 286 era with tiny casters. > > > But, it was nice to be able to have more than 4 "full-height" drives. > > > > > > > > > > Plus I'm guessing (admittedly) that the Really Big VAX racks don't have > > castors either? > > > > Most big racks have castors, or wheels of some sort to allow easy > positioning and moving. I do know that modern IBM 19" racks are not > supposed > to be moved when laden which got me into some trouble when I was still > working. > Someone (not me) re-designed the machine room layout with racks up against > the side of the room, so you couldn't get one between an extended server > and > the room wall when I pointed out that:- > > You need two folks to lift a server into or out of the rack. > IBM say it is not safe to move the rack when laden, > > The ended up buying a server "hoist" to get the things in and out of the > racks.... > > http://serverlift.com/ > > ... not cheap, but in actual fact a much better way of getting things in > and > out of 19" racks... > > > --Toby > > Dave > G4UGM > >