> Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:43:53 +0100 > Subject: OT: Server Cabinet > From: Robert Lusby <nano...@gmail.com> > > Sorry to start the day OT, but I'm sure you lovely lot will have some > tips/experience! ;) > > We have a HP Server Cabinet (42U 10842 G2), that we've stripped down to the > bare-bones chassis. It now measures 750mm wide. > > We have a door-way that said server cabinet must fit through, measuring up > at 620mm. > > The cabinet chassis is welded at all four corners, so can't be taken apart > any more without being cut. > > Can you see where this is leading yet? Three obvious questions: > > 1) Have you ever had to fit a cabinet through a doorway that's too small? > 2) How did you do it? Cut cabinet, demolish wall ...? > 3) If you cut the cabinet, any tips?
Comment: you need to recognize that you are 'making trouble'. At _some_ point in the future, there will be a need to remove said cabinet from that location, and the issue will rear it's ugly head *again*. Suggestion: If there is no alternative to that narrow doorway, consider: a) getting a *different* cabinet -- one that _will_ dis-assemble. b) if 'all else fails', _widen_ the doorway. Thus permanently resolving the issue. Option (a) _is_ going to be less time/effort/money than any other alternative.