rack related issues

Mon Apr 15 14:11:00 PDT 2002

Just an FYI
Wierdstuff USUALLY has several racks in their warehouse.  The pricing is
not bad, either.  Shelves, slides, etc are also available, if you are
willing to look for them.

Daniel Curry
IT Manager
Cariocas
625 Second Street 
Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94107 
ph: 415-348-6516
fx: 415-348-6505 
cell: 510-579-6680

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Yerkes [mailto:chuck+baylisa at snew.com]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:18 PM
To: Heather Stern
Cc: Dean Kao; baylisa at baylisa.org
Subject: Re: rack related issues

The standard EIA rack is 1U=1.75 inches with threaded holes
that take 6/32 screwed.  I completely forget the spacing between
the holes, but they too are standardized.  These standards date
back to pre-50s and radio racks, I believe.

Quoting Heather Stern (star at starshine.org):
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 11:18:01AM -0700, Dean Kao wrote:
> > Hey guys
> >
> >    I was wondering where in the bay area I can pickup a rack,
> > patch panel, and a rack mountable switch.  I know I can get
> > these a rack and a patch panel at Frys but I dont think I've
> > seen a rack mountable switch there.  Are there places that
> > sell more rack mountable equipment around?  I'm also looking
> > for cisco 2500s locally too.
>
> You can try Halted, aka "HSC"
>
> They definitely have racks - I saw some very tough ones there
recently.
> Equipment itself varies.
>
> >    In terms of the rack, can people with install experience give me
> > some advice?  Anything would be great.
> >
> > Thanks!!
> > Dean 
>
> I've limited experience in *installing* rack rather than just using
them
> but I should warn you that there is more than one "standard" size and
the
> difference has bitten people buying parts to rackmount.
>
>
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