On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, Eric Sproul wrote:
I'd also add that for heterogeneous equipment, favor putting equipment with similar rack depth together. There's nothing worse than having a short 1U server sandwiched between two deeper ones and not being able to get your hand in there to fiddle with cables and such. It's also an airflow no-no, as the outflow from the short server will tend to warm up the chassis above and below it.
Very true. But I tend to consider the 1U form factor to be a bad idea for computers anyway.
Speaking of airflow, what's the feeling on blanking panels? Does it matter only "at scale", i.e. more than 2-3 racks in a small room, or is it always a good idea? The profit margins on what is basically a chunk of painted sheet metal are rather insulting...
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