I think there are two issues here, and I'm not sure which one the original poster was asking about.
issue #1 is it useful and worth spending money on something to lift servers issue #2 is the vendor selling products under the name 'server lift' the best option to go with. I think that many of the people (like Scott) who have concentrated on the second issue are just assuming that everyone will have access to some device along these lines, and are talking about the details of which device to get/avoid. The impression I got from the initial post was that the poster had no expeciances with devices of this type at all, and was questioning if it's worthwhile for a company to get one. In this case and answer like "no, just borrow the one from facilities" is really "yes, your company should have one, but you don't neccessarily need one dedicated to the datacenter" David Lang On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Scott Koch wrote: > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ 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/
