8 Jul
2015
8 Jul
'15
10:44 a.m.
I love those server hoists... the data center that I work in at U-M has two
of them, however they are made by Genie and they are a hand-crank type, no
automatic lift. They easily turn a job that could require two, three or
even four people into a job that can be quickly done by one person. I
really wish I had one for home! :O
Best,
Sean
On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
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On 2015-07-08 10:46 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Most big racks have castors, or wheels of some sort to allow easy
positioning and moving. I do know that modern IBM 19" racks are not
supposed
to be moved when laden which got me into some trouble when I was still
working.
Someone (not me) re-designed the machine room layout with racks up against
the side of the room, so you couldn't get one between an extended server
and
the room wall when I pointed out that:-
You need two folks to lift a server into or out of the rack.
IBM say it is not safe to move the rack when laden,
The ended up buying a server "hoist" to get the things in and out of the
racks....
http://serverlift.com/
... not cheap, but in actual fact a much better way of getting things in
and
out of 19" racks...
On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, Dave Wade wrote:
Plus I'm guessing (admittedly) that the Really Big VAX racks don't have
castors either?
Personally I think anything with castors on....
No.
I have a PC "server" case from late 286 era with tiny casters.
But, it was nice to be able to have more than 4 "full-height" drives.
--Toby
Dave
G4UGM