The other racks that Graybar carries are probably the CPI racks. They're the bees knees. Since it's in a locked room, no need for a locking cabinet with doors and side panels, so go with the (usually) cheaper QuadraRack.
The Dell Versa Rail is just for square hole racks, so they don't need screws, they just kind of click into place. -matt -----Original Message----- From: Devin Meade [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: APC vs Dell 19inch racks We will be getting a 19 inch 42u rack for our current PE2950 and future Dell PowerEdge servers. It will house servers and possibly a disk array. Is that considered medium density? We already have some APC metered PDU's (AP7830's) on a 16KVA Symettra UPS. They are "0U' PDU's, which I suppose is a standard for PDU's. I want to mount two of these PDU's per rack, as we use redundant power supplies in our servers. Should they be mounted on either side, in the rear? Dell offers a "Versa Rail" so the server can be slid like a drawer, while keeping the cables managed. Is that worth it? I would think that we should use APC accessories with APC racks, and Dell acc's with Dell racks. Do you like APC over Dell? Other players? We will start with one rack, and possibly add to that in a year as tower servers are retired. This is in a dedicated, locked room with dedicated A/C. No raised floor though. I have seen plenty of APC racks in the field, but no Dell, maybe I have the answer... I am considering a Dell 4220, APC NetShelter and those units at Graybar down the street, whatever they are (hmm must go look now) Thanks . . . and have a great weekend! Devin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
