You guys and your rack doors..... On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
> Side to side isn’t that important. Side to wall is, in that you need to > make sure you can open your rack doors wide and also give yourself room for > two people to mount equipment (one on each side). Make sure you have room > in front and back of the racks that you can easily install and remove your > equipment. Try to have adequate lighting in front and behind so you can see > what you’re doing.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, September 02, 2011 3:21 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Cc:* Augusta_Kimble/[email protected] > *Subject:* Placement and spacing of server racks**** > > ** ** > > Greetings! > > Our server room is finally getting some badly needed upgrades (including > the removal of a partial wall, more power, and a real server room cooling > unit). > > We currently have three server racks. Once this renovation project is > complete, we will be adding two fairly full server racks. We are hoping to > have these upgrades keep the room adequate for another 5 years. So, > depending on the recommendations of rack spacing, it may be necessary to > take out another wall and expand into what is currently an office. > > So, the questions are: > > 1. How closely together do you space your server racks? That is, how much > space between each rack? > > 2. How far out from the walls to you have them (both for air flow and for > rear access)? > > I believe the current dimensions of the room would allow 7 racks (and we > are already claiming space for 5) along one wall and with room for another > 1-2 on another wall. Your recommendations may force us to re-consider. > > Thank you... > -- > richard **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
