i have an ugly one at home. metal, 4 feet high, painted blue, and on casters. anyone want it? come and get it! if you need a photo, reply here and i'll post one tonight.
On 12/28/05, Kevin Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Carl Crider -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
