[olug] Community Colo Project

Dan Clough dclough at gmail.com
Fri Mar 27 16:51:01 UTC 2009


That narrows it down considerably then.  The tiny Dells are the only towers I've seen smaller than 16in, with the exception of the Shuttles.  That's doable, but the person will need to cover the cost of the shelf (unless provided) and however many U they use, rounded up to the next U.
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us>

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:45:52 
To: Omaha Linux User Group<olug at olug.org>
Subject: Re: [olug] Community Colo Project


Or you could just say "towers cannot be more than 16 inches tall" ;)

Dan Clough wrote:
> I've noticed that as well, the problem is that some towers are too
> tall to lay horizontally on a shelf.  I shelved a midtower in a
> 19-inch rack and I was literally pushing to get it past the screws
> connecting the shelf ears.  The tower ended up with lovely scratches
> all over its black case.  Not exactly my brightest moment.  I think
> the variance in tower height would end up causing more trouble than
> it's worth.
> 
> If we have cage space, I'm all for the bakers rack approach, but for
> liability and space issues shelving towers should be a no-go.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us
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