At a previous job I used one of these "Server Lift" products. It was convient at times for racking many IBM Bladecenter chasis. However two issues I had with these:
1) It is of very little use for racking things at the bottom-most position in a rack due to the minimum height of the lift, and it was sometimes difficult to maneuver through tights spaces. 2) A couple of months after using it with no problems we were notified by the manufactuer of a cable tension "defect", so we had to park it in the corner until we got the kit to fix it. These two things make me lean towards getting something simpler that isn't branded specifically for "Servers". People have been lifting heavy things like this long before they needed to lift servers, and I suspect some of those products will be more proven/reliable especially if they have stood the test of time. And as said previously, you'll probably save some money going this route. -Scott On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 05:36:48PM -0400, Derek J. Balling wrote: > I've used, and been very happy with, the actual "Server Lift" product ( > www.serverlift.com IIRC)... > > Electric lift, sliding platform to allow easy mating with rails/shelves. > Perfect for data-center use with heavy drive arrays, etc. > > cheers, > D > > > On Apr 6, 2010, at 4:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > We're starting to get a lot more heavy equipment (e.g. blade chassis, > > storage nodes) that needs to be racked, which has increased our risk for > > personal injury or equipment damage. There's a variety of "server lift" > > products I've found, but I'm wondering if anyone has personal experience > > with one that they'd be willing to share. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Skylar > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > http://lopsa.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ -- ============================================== Scott Koch [email protected] http://www.uselinux.us ============================================== _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
