I second the recommendation of NOT doing that. I see a full or 1/2
height server rack, full enclosed box, ever month or so for cheap on the
triangle.forsale newsgroup, I'd wait for one of those.
Brian Henning wrote:
Hi Folks,
Please pardon this bit of noise for me to ask a practical question
of anyone who may have experience using slide rails (the ball-bearing
sort as often found in more expensive desk drawers, etc) on rackmount
servers. I have a 3U server that's mounted 1U above another 4U
server, and 2U under a shelf, which makes it impossible to work inside
either box without unmounting one which, when working alone, is a huge
PITA... So I'm hoping to put slide rails on the upper one so I can
just pull it out, either to work on it or to get it out of the way of
the one below.
My concern is that our racks are two-post, rather than four-post.
Which means there's no rear posts for the rails to attach to. Can
anyone speak to whether the rails can sustain the physical load of a
server (say.. 30 pounds? actually have no idea how much it really
weighs) mounted only to front posts, without bending? The rails
appear to be of a rather lighter gauge of metal than the case itself.
I'm thinking I may need to try to find some sort of angle braces that
would bolt to the rear of the posts and give support to the back end
of the rails..
To help anyone who may be curious, the rails are these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16856999203
It really looks to me that the "ears" of those rails are only 1U high,
and wouldn't stand up to the load of a 3U server when supported only
at one end..
...and if I need bracing, surely such must exist, but where might I
find it? I don't even know what terms to use to search Google..
Thanks a ton,
~Brian
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