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. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
