On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:10:51AM -0500, Matt Lawrence wrote:
> We just received a bunch of 1U servers with cable managment arms (customer 
> ordered the arms) and I though I would appeal to the collective wisdom of 
> LOPSA.  It has been years since I have used cable managment arms and even 
> then, they were on much larger systems.  These are a bunch of 1U servers 
> that are going to have several cables coming off the back.
>
> The plusses:
> Cable management arms provide a nice horizontal support for cabling
> The servers can be pulled out without disconnecting a bunch of cabling
>
> The minuses:
> Cable management arms are a pain to properly install cabling in
> The extra layers of cabling can impede airflow, particularly in a 1U form 
> factor

If you ever intend on pulling the server forward for service, you'll
regret not having cable arms to manage the slack you'll need.
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