Re: Rack planning

2009-04-04 Thread Matt Nelson
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Miike Lovell wrote: > On 4/2/2009 1:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote: > >> Pluggers: >> >> Does anyone know of software (commercial, Free, or otherwise) that can be >> used to layout server racks? Think data center. I want software to help me >> plan out, physically, where

Re: Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread Miike Lovell
On 4/2/2009 1:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote: Pluggers: Does anyone know of software (commercial, Free, or otherwise) that can be used to layout server racks? Think data center. I want software to help me plan out, physically, where my servers and other equipment will reside in their respective rack

Re: Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread Jessie Morris
On Thursday 02 April 2009 3:27:01 pm Dave Smith wrote: > By the way, my company created a Visio add-in to do the same thing, and > after about 3 racks full of gear, Visio used over 1GB of RAM and ground > to a halt. Needless to say, we aren't Visio experts, and I was only too > happy to have a r

Re: Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread Barry Roberts
Dave Smith wrote: All you data center monkeys out there: Would this sort of tool be useful to you? Yes, definitely. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread William Attwood
I would most defenitely find good use for that software. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 2, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote: By the way, my company created a Visio add-in to do the same thing, and after about 3 racks full of gear, Visio used over 1GB of RAM and ground to a halt. Needless to

Re: Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread Dave Smith
By the way, my company created a Visio add-in to do the same thing, and after about 3 racks full of gear, Visio used over 1GB of RAM and ground to a halt. Needless to say, we aren't Visio experts, and I was only too happy to have a reason to ditch Visio. We ended up rolling our own software wi

Re: Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread Derek Carter
Dave Smith wrote: > Pluggers: > > Does anyone know of software (commercial, Free, or otherwise) that can > be used to layout server racks? Think data center. I want software to > help me plan out, physically, where my servers and other equipment will > reside in their respective racks. Ideally, it

Re: Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread Derek Carter
Dave Smith wrote: > Pluggers: > > Does anyone know of software (commercial, Free, or otherwise) that can > be used to layout server racks? Think data center. I want software to > help me plan out, physically, where my servers and other equipment will > reside in their respective racks. Ideally, it

Re: Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread William Attwood
Visio has 3rd party software you can use to lay out specific hardware in specific racks; down to the make and model of servers and other devices. Google visio server stencils Sent from my iPhone On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote: Pluggers: Does anyone know of software (comme

Rack planning

2009-04-02 Thread Dave Smith
Pluggers: Does anyone know of software (commercial, Free, or otherwise) that can be used to layout server racks? Think data center. I want software to help me plan out, physically, where my servers and other equipment will reside in their respective racks. Ideally, it would also help me plan