On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 03:44:09PM -0400, Douglas Eadline wrote: > > Not so crazy. > > Years ago I had some L shaped pieces of steel made that allowed > nodes to slide in horizontally as you describe (and for the same > reasons). It provided enough of a lip to support the node > that was attached normally on the front. Actually I still have > them in part of my server rack (in the closet in my home office). > Every once and a while I may need to test a node or two and > I just slide them in, no messing with rails or anything.
This is exactly how I mount my 1U rackmounts at my cheap, ratty colo. The hoster compensates for lack of sufficiently deep racks by offering L-shaped Al profiles and suitable screws. > -- > Doug > > > > > > in the spirit of Friday, here's another, even less realistic idea: > > let's slide 1U nodes into a rack on their sides, and forget the > > silly, fussy, vendor-specific, not-that-cheap rail mechanism entirely. > > > > how often do you actually pull out nodes, and of those few times, > > how often do you really need the node suspended in space by the rails? > > > > if I'm going to pull a node, I usually take it to a bench or cart > > where it's more convenient/pleasant to work on. I wouldn't mind if > > the nodes were stacked side-by-side, supported by a couple stout bars. > > being able to shove nodes around within a stack wouldn't be bad. > > if the metal-on-metal slide sounds aversive to you, lube it up, > > or stick some teflon pads in there. > > > > heck, it would be harder to charge $1000 for an empty rack, too. > > > > nodes could still be bolted in place. there might even be some minor > > advantages in avoiding unintended air circulation/mixing. > > > > regards, mark. > > _______________________________________________ > > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > -- > > Mailscanner: Clean > > > > > -- > Doug > > -- > Mailscanner: Clean > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
