[TriLUG] Pretty OT: Rack Slide Rails

[Carl Crider]

i have an ugly one at home. metal, 4 feet high, painted blue, and on
casters.
anyone want it? come and get it! if you need a photo, reply here and i'll
post
one tonight.



On 12/28/05, Kevin Flanagan <kevin at flanagannc.net> wrote:
>
> I second the recommendation of  NOT doing that.  I see a full or 1/2
> height server rack, full enclosed box, ever month or so for cheap on the
> triangle.forsale newsgroup, I'd wait for one of those.
>
>
>
>
> Brian Henning wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >   Please pardon this bit of noise for me to ask a practical question
> > of anyone who may have experience using slide rails (the ball-bearing
> > sort as often found in more expensive desk drawers, etc) on rackmount
> > servers.  I have a 3U server that's mounted 1U above another 4U
> > server, and 2U under a shelf, which makes it impossible to work inside
> > either box without unmounting one which, when working alone, is a huge
> > PITA...  So I'm hoping to put slide rails on the upper one so I can
> > just pull it out, either to work on it or to get it out of the way of
> > the one below.
> >
> > My concern is that our racks are two-post, rather than four-post.
> > Which means there's no rear posts for the rails to attach to.  Can
> > anyone speak to whether the rails can sustain the physical load of a
> > server (say.. 30 pounds?  actually have no idea how much it really
> > weighs) mounted only to front posts, without bending?  The rails
> > appear to be of a rather lighter gauge of metal than the case itself.
> > I'm thinking I may need to try to find some sort of angle braces that
> > would bolt to the rear of the posts and give support to the back end
> > of the rails..
> >
> > To help anyone who may be curious, the rails are these:
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16856999203
> >
> > It really looks to me that the "ears" of those rails are only 1U high,
> > and wouldn't stand up to the load of a 3U server when supported only
> > at one end..
> >
> > ...and if I need bracing, surely such must exist, but where might I
> > find it?  I don't even know what terms to use to search Google..
> >
> > Thanks a ton,
> > ~Brian
> >
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Carl Crider