7 Feb
2019
7 Feb
'19
10:39 a.m.
On 2/7/19 9:16 AM, Jack Harper via cctalk wrote:
I mounted the two HP7970 Drives in a non-HP rack -
just a standard
six-foot 19" rack that I found a few years ago.
I installed two heavy aluminum rails (1/8" thick and perhaps 2" on the
two sides - angle stock) for each Drive to support the 130-pound weight
of each.
That makes a lot of sense and doesn't look too difficult to fab up from
stock. Or if you're not handy with metalworking, these would do the
same job:
https://www.hammfg.com/dci/products/accessories/raab
That way, the right-side bolts serve to keep the thing in the rack.
The Fujitsu drive that I use weighs more than the HP and doesn't even
have "ears" to mount to the rack rails--it uses a sliding arrangement
like many large disk drives. Fasten one part of the slides to the rack
and the other to the drive and just slide the drive in--there are bolts
to secure the slide position once the drive is in place.
--Chuck