Yep I also recall being told the Dell and HPQ racks at least are APC based.
I have always had Avocent KVMs either directly or rebranded by Dell/HP and have been fairly happy with them. The newer ones that do everything over CAT5 are so much easier to deal with than earlier generations where you had massive thick cables running all over. As far as the original question about the power strips, these typically go either both on one side or on either side in the back of the rack. The advantage of both on one side is that all the cabling exits the arm assembly in one place, so, if you put them on either side you're going to need to run a 2' length of power cable outside the arm back to the strip. This gets messy. Dell (and HP) also usually are willing to come setup the rack(s) and rack/stack all the servers, devices, etc for a relatively small fee. They do a good job and it's a lot cheaper than paying for IT FTEs to go out and do grunt work for a day or two. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: APC vs Dell 19inch racks +1 FWIW, HP and IBM also make nice rails for their servers, and they all fit nicely in "Dell" racks as well. (Dell in quotes because, as hinted, it is believed that APC makes them.) I'd consider bids from both Dell and APC. I do know that PDUs from TrippLite are a royal pain to mount as "Zero U" on a Dell rack! One thing, though... I don't feel like the 15-mile round trip to go verify, but I believe the KVM console is made by TrippLite on our newest Dell rack. This is the one single item we have voted most likely to be smashed in a fit of anger. It is quite slow to respond. Worse, the Shift key on the left has been split. Half of what should be a Shift key is a Menu key. Typically, when one is having to go into the machine room and log in at the console, it is in less than happy circumstances. Now, imagine that after you think you've entered your password, you look at the screen and -rather than seeing the admin desktop- you see the login screen with a few "*"s in the field and then a weird little menu box in the upper left corner... -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org<http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Bob Fronk <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote on 08/28/2009 08:32:37 PM: > Pretty sure APC makes the Dells (not 100% sure). The versa rails work nicely. > > Pretty much any equipment will fit in the Dell rack. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Devin Meade > [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:04 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/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
