[geeks] Source for a good 19" server rack...

[Lionel Peterson]

I bought and picked up my rack, turns out it is the "crazy Russians" from
TCF.

My rack was as-new, as delivered from Dell FIVE YEARS ago!

It included a Dell 16 Amp PDU and is in great shape. I'm very happy with my
purchase, now I need to get my basement in order so I can put the rack in
position...

Lionel

-----Original Message-----
From: geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf
Of Lionel Peterson
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 1:18 AM
To: The Geeks List
Subject: Re: [geeks] Source for a good 19" server rack...

>From: Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net>
>Date: 2008/09/14 Sun AM 12:04:16 EDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Source for a good 19" server rack...

>Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I'm about to reboot my digital life[0], and in the process I plan to 
rebuild 
>> my hardware collection, from whatever was cheapest at the time to what is

>> right for me going forward... I find myself in need of a server rack.
>> 
>
>craigslist; or if you can make it to Lancaster, I can try to find you
>one from FreeGeekPenn.org - they sometimes get nice ones in, like the
>beige Compaq ones with the smoked plexi door.

Thanks Patrick, but I think I found a source - I hadn't looked on eBay in a 
while, it turns out there's an outfit in MD selling brand new Dell 4210 42U 
racks (with front & back doors but no sides) for just under $400. For brand 
new (still on the pallet, shrink-wrapped from Dell) I think I can live with 
$400 + round trip to Baltimore, MD.

The racks they offer have no sides, but I think I can get a pair of sides
from 
$WORK, as we just re-configured our racks and removed six or seven pairs of 
sides from these very same racks...
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