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[Stilgherrian]

On 11/02/2009, at 9:15 AM, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> I'm not so sure it's "very little". Each rack needs front and
> (preferably) rear access, and that access has to be usable. So for a
> rack that's 1m deep, you probably need 1.5m of clear floor space in
> front (so that you can wrangle a unit designed to fit in a 1m rack),  
> and
> I guess 600mm behind so people can maneuver for power cabling. Or if  
> you
> make the racks moveable to eliminate rear space, you need around 2m in
> front. So in floor space terms, wriggle room probably takes up more  
> than
> equipment. In this, a data centre is very much like a phone exchange.
> You only need a few people, but those people need to get at every part
> of the equipment.
>>

Or, each rack can be mounted on a track so that you slide open the  
1.5m gap between the rack you want to work on and its friend like,  
showing my age, a Compactus.

     http://www.dexion.com.au/products/commercial/mobile_shelving/

Stil


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