[GTALUG] Server rack questions

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 04:47:23PM -0500, John Sellens wrote:
> There's a terminology mismatch which seems to be causing some
> mis-communication.
> 
> The things that connect horizontally in a rack, to the front and back
> vertical mounting rails, into which a server is mounted (and usually
> slides back and forth), are also often called rack rails.
> 
> For example, Dell's "Ready Rails", or rack solutions' quick rails
>     https://www.rack-solutions.ca/dell-2950-quick-rail.html
> or ebay
>     http://www.ebay.com/bhp/server-rack-rails
> 
> Smaller devices often have only "rack ears".

Yes the switches and routers we make at work just have ears.

> James' experience may use a different terminology for the things that
> hold the sides of a server in a rack, and allow sliding back and forth,
> 
> I think the original question involved where to get rack mounting
> hardware for a particular model of server.

Yes I believe so too.

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Len Sorensen