Re: [SAGE] shipping rack servers

[Brad Knowles <brad@shub-internet.org>]

At 9:46 AM -0700 4/20/07, Dan Rich wrote:

>  One thing to check if you're going to move full racks -- we recently
>  found out that our data center floor isn't rated for the rolling weight
>  of a loaded rack (in our case just shy of 2000 pounds with 39 machines,
>  PDUs, network switch, and a console server).

I'm confused.  If your datacenter floor isn't rated for the rolling 
weight of a fully loaded rack, then how can you have fully loaded 
racks in your datacenter?  Isn't the rolling weight exactly the same 
as the stationary weight, and wouldn't that mean that the racks would 
tend to sink through the floor tiles?  Or do you just half-fill your 
racks, since you can't use the other portion?

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