[GTALUG] Server rack questions

[Alvin Starr]

Some manufacturers sell the servers without rails.

I once had to have some rail parts manufactured because the server 
manufacturer did not have rail kits available.


On 11/09/2015 03:27 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 05:52:07PM -0600, o1bigtenor wrote:
>> There's a Dell 2950 II server (1U) and 2 Dell/APC 3000 UPS (2U and
>> fairly heavy).
>>
>> You have it backwards. They can strip off all the stuff besides x and
>> sell it. You will
>> pay Y for the server then you need the side mounts (with might cost you $15 but
>> separate its $50 or new ones at $110) and the hardware (should be
>> about $0.75 per bolt/
>> cage nut combo buying by the 20# box) but you are paying $2.00 for each combo.
> Given one would think each rack mount server shipped with matching rails
> from the factury, the number of rails and servers on the planet should
> be in sync.
>
> How can there even be a market for used rails split from the server
> other than due to clueless removal and failure to keep the parts together.
>
> I guess they could be doing it on purpose to make a killing on the rails
> while making the servers look "cheap" by not including the needed rails.
>


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