[AusNOG] Rack Studs - AWESOME

[James Hodgkinson]

Were they the ones with the stupid blue plastic bits you have to push to
make them unlock? They're great until you have to move them once or twice,
then they're horrible. :(

James


On 5 January 2014 00:58, Mark Dignam <mark at innaloo.net> wrote:

> Or, there will some equipment manufacturer who demands that their
> equipment is mounted using M7 bolts because of its weight loading.
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> On the other hand, we could just demand something like some of the current
> IBM kit, I just installed a clients SAN, it was all ‘snap in’ slide rails,
> no screws required.
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Robert
> Hudson
> *Sent:* Saturday, 4 January 2014 11:49 AM
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> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Rack Studs - AWESOME
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> All good until some gumby cross-threads something and reams thread out of
> the rail...
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> On 4 January 2014 13:46, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
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> On 4 Jan 2014, at 9:37 am, Lloyd Wood <lloyd.wood at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> > But up-down only works where there's some space to work in. I doubt the
> original designers envisaged the rack cramming that we're all used to.
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> If only rack rails were manufactured with tapped M6 holes instead of
> square holes big enough to accept cage nut clips. Then we wouldn't need the
> nuts at all.
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>    - mark
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