Assuming you are using towers with the power supply at the bottom and/or you have your towers upside down so that the power supply is at the bottom, it's really hard to tip a tower over. The PSU is where a lot of the weight is, and the center of gravity is really low when the PSU is at the bottom of a case. All in all, it's pretty hard to tip a tower case over or knock a tower case off of a bread rack. Let's just say that some people share this concern and "ample testing" went into these type of scenarios.
If how a datacenter looks is a top priority in hosting for you, as opposed to say ambient temperatures, network uptime and power reliability, then maybe you should stick with gameservers.com and leave the colocation to the adults. Paying $120/hr for remote hands is just fine - when you colocate you shouldn't depend on your host for support. If your shit goes down and a reboot isn't fixing it, it's time to hop in the car and drive down to the DC. On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 15:53 +0930, Matt Lyons wrote: > Looking at DCs like this hosting stuff almost makes me cry. > > What happens when your removing one form the end and knock the one > next to it? > Anyone for a game of dominoes? > > ML > > On 22/09/2009, at 3:44 PM, Lane Eckley wrote: > > > Lol. I'll give you that. > > > > The chances of that happening are pretty slim, the chances of > > dropping a > > server as you pull it out of the rack is probably has about the same > > chance > > to fall as a server sitting on a shelf. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > DontWannaName! > > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:12 AM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Win2k versus 2003 versus 2008 on older hardware > > > > " it is > > allot cheaper to build a tower in most cases than a rack mount server" > > > > Until it falls off the Baker shelve :P > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Lane Eckley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Lol. They are called Bakers shelves and they are more or less > >> industry > >> standard for datacenters where the cost of space is less than what > >> it is > >> worth to purchase rack mount servers. > >> > >> Take a look around at collocation and you will find them > >> everywhere, it is > >> allot cheaper to build a tower in most cases than a rack mount > >> server. So > >> in > >> comes baker shelves. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> DontWannaName! > >> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:53 AM > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Win2k versus 2003 versus 2008 on older hardware > >> > >> They would probably find a way to put it upright so it falls off > >> their > >> costco bought racks. That host is just begging for the word sketchy. > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Matt Stanton < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hahahah! I think you've probably got bigger problems associated > >>> with a > >>> datacenter being in a major earthquake than whether your server > >>> fell off > >>> the rack. Besides, wouldn't you just send them a nice 1U rack-mount > >>> server? > >>> > >>> DontWannaName! wrote: > >>>> Sorry to go off topic, but if there was a really big earthquake > > wouldnt > >>> all > >>>> the servers fall down off the racks, if you look at the live cam it > >> shows > >>>> how tip-able they are. > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Derek Denholm <[email protected] > >>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>> archives, > >>> please visit: > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, > >> please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > > signature > >> database 4445 (20090921) __________ > >> > >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >> > >> http://www.eset.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > > signature > >> database 4445 (20090921) __________ > >> > >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >> > >> http://www.eset.com > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, > >> please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > > signature > > database 4445 (20090921) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > > signature > > database 4445 (20090921) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > -- > Matt Lyons (Bsc CS & Soft Eng) > Media Group, Internode > 150 Grenfell St, Adelaide SA 5000 > Ph: (08) 8228 2877 > E-mail: [email protected] > WWW: www.internode.on.net > "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In > practice, there is." > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
