17 Mar
2007
17 Mar
'07
10:43 a.m.
Mr Ian Primus wrote:
The width of the devices and the mounting holes in
the
racks themselves are all the same - I knew there was a
standard for that much. Sorry if I didn't explain
myself very well.
No, that's OK -- I just meant that there is a proper standard for things
like that, but it only covers, well, things like that ;-)
Things are making more sense - thanks for your
informative post. I knew about the hole spacing in the
uprights, but didn't know that square holes were a
standard - I figured it was something Dell did to get
you to buy one of their racks :). Now, about the hole
spacing on the sides of the devices... Is there a
standard for that?
Nope, sadly not. That's why you have an electric drill and a set of
bits to make new holes in the slides ;-) And in fact because of the way
some slides are made, not all rails can be adapted to fit any box; some
are just too fat or have really odd mounting brackets.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York