[rescue] Wanted: Rackmount kit for a SGI Origin 200

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Tue Mar 30 17:25:48 CDT 2010


On 03/30/10 17:24, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> I gotten fond of APC rackmounts for odd rackmount servers - they have  
> a generic rackmount that extends 3/4-1 in and mounts securely withlits  
> of screws. Our last infrastructure forklift upgrade caused many of  
> these to go surplus, and they found a home at my place acting as  
> surrogate rails for servers that came w/o rails and are to expensive  
> to procure...

I've made rails in the past from hardware-store 3/4" extruded aluminum
channel.  It works pretty well, it's easy to work, and dirt cheap.

Of course, if you need roller rails, that's not going to fly.


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