Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-23 Thread James Kerr
No, those are connected at the bottom. :-) On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM, James Kerr wrote: > > I use two post racks myself but I place one behind the other. > > Isn't that normally called a 4-post open rack? ;-) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finall

Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-22 Thread James Kerr
It doesn't have to be exact, I guestimate. I usually dont bolt the one in the back in case I have to move it. Yeah, thats a lone DL360 with the rails it comes with. The rails come setup for racks with the square holes but you just have to remove that stuff from them and you can use them on a standa

Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-22 Thread Harry Singh
Thanks for the visual James.The 2 post back to back is something new, how deep did you install the 2nd rack? for the server you have mounted, is that on rails ? 4 post rails i would assume? On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:26 AM, James Kerr wrote: > 4 post open racks are connected to one another a

Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-22 Thread James Kerr
4 post open racks are connected to one another at the bottom, so there! On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM, James Kerr wrote: > > I use two post racks myself but I place one behind the other. > > Isn't that normally called a 4-post open rack?

Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-22 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM, James Kerr wrote: > I use two post racks myself but I place one behind the other. Isn't that normally called a 4-post open rack? ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-22 Thread James Kerr
I use two post racks myself but I place one behind the other. As far as wiring management. Here is one I did at our small office. I got all my parts from blackbox. There are those horizontal panels you can put in with the U shaped wire holders for horizontal management and on the side its just a ad

Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-22 Thread Candee
I have a 2 post rack that was left here by the ISP that used to occupy this space. There are rails out there for two post racks. contact these guys: http://www.racksolutions.com/ On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Harry Singh wrote: > I have 2-post racks by CPI Chatsworth and have generally use

Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-21 Thread RichardMcClary
Cable management is non-existant, but ours is our "backbone". That is: Routers Firewall SSL appliance Patch panel Switches All are screwed and "immobile" by "ears" to the rack. For servers, get a 4-post and rails. -- richard Harry Singh wrote on 07/21/2011 02:14:40 PM: > I have 2-post racks

OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-21 Thread Harry Singh
I have 2-post racks by CPI Chatsworth and have generally used shelves (sliding and static) to mount my equipment. My question(s) to all is: What kind of shelving and just general supplies are you using on for these? As one example, I'm finding it difficult to fasten the backside of the post when m