On 2/7/19 9:16 AM, Jack Harper via cctalk wrote: > I mounted the two HP7970 Drives in a non-HP rack - just a standard > six-foot 19" rack that I found a few years ago. > > I installed two heavy aluminum rails (1/8" thick and perhaps 2" on the > two sides - angle stock) for each Drive to support the 130-pound weight > of each.
That makes a lot of sense and doesn't look too difficult to fab up from stock. Or if you're not handy with metalworking, these would do the same job: https://www.hammfg.com/dci/products/accessories/raab That way, the right-side bolts serve to keep the thing in the rack. The Fujitsu drive that I use weighs more than the HP and doesn't even have "ears" to mount to the rack rails--it uses a sliding arrangement like many large disk drives. Fasten one part of the slides to the rack and the other to the drive and just slide the drive in--there are bolts to secure the slide position once the drive is in place. --Chuck
