If you have a need for a 4-post rack, do not accomplish that by using 2 2-post racks. You will likely find that rack rails that are designed for a 4-post rack will not fit.
Get an open-frame 4-post rack. It will come unassembled. It will also likely be no more costly that 2 2-post racks. -Randy On May 4, 2011, at 8:59, Joe Greco <jgr...@ns.sol.net> wrote: >>> 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. > > Good comments so far. I didn't see this one though: > > It's admittedly far from ideal in some ways, but a great way to deal > with this sort of situation can be to get a pair of two-post open > frame relay racks; most of them bolt together and can be put just > about anywhere. Many times we forget that these can be used as the > front and back of a single rack. Remember to tie them together if > you go that route, attachment to a wall or up top highly recommended > as well. > > Of course, this only works if you didn't really need doors on your > rack, etc. > > ... JG > -- > Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net > "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I > won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail > spam(CNN) > With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples. > >