Server racks

mejinks · 11 Oct 2012 at 17:33

Does anyone know (other than ebay) where I can get a cheap 38 or 42U server rack (must be 1000mm deep)?

#Chri5# · 11 Oct 2012 at 17:58

Define cheap...

mejinks · 11 Oct 2012 at 20:01

#Chri5# said:
Define cheap...

not £1200

#Chri5# · 11 Oct 2012 at 20:25

Orion will do you a new Value 42U 600 x 1000 for £380+VAT. They normally build to order so takes a week or so to arrive. Quality isn't bad but perhaps not as good as a Prism.

mejinks · 11 Oct 2012 at 20:31

#Chri5# said:
Orion will do you a new Value 42U 600 x 1000 for £380+VAT. They normally build to order so takes a week or so to arrive. Quality isn't bad but perhaps not as good as a Prism.

Thats cracking! Thanks for that, do you have any other handy websites for a budding sysadmin?

#Chri5# · 11 Oct 2012 at 20:38

Sources for buying kit? Plenty

Though some of them are trade only as I work for a reseller.

mejinks · 11 Oct 2012 at 21:30

#Chri5# said:
Sources for buying kit? Plenty Though some of them are trade only as I work for a reseller.

Please feel free to drop me a line in trust.

kefkef · 12 Oct 2012 at 08:31

I pay around £600 + vat for APC Netshelter SX racks, though I have bought a few over the last 12 months!

Yamahahahahaha · 12 Oct 2012 at 09:36

I tend to use Toughrack as they're based in London (Office in Farrington, production is down in Luton - delivery is rapid).
The best thing about them is being able to get any size of rack, which is great in an emergency where the 42U Dell rack won't fit in the lift because the project manager didn't measure the lift entrance as well as the lift itself...

#Chri5# · 12 Oct 2012 at 09:56

Yamahahahahaha said:
I tend to use Toughrack as they're based in London (Office in Farrington, production is down in Luton - delivery is rapid).
The best thing about them is being able to get any size of rack, which is great in an emergency where the 42U Dell rack won't fit in the lift because the project manager didn't measure the lift entrance as well as the lift itself...

That means you miss out on the fun of having to strip a cabinet down just to get it upstairs...

Yamahahahahaha · 12 Oct 2012 at 12:01

#Chri5# said:
That means you miss out on the fun of having to strip a cabinet down just to get it upstairs...

My brain is sad, but my back is glad.

mejinks · 12 Oct 2012 at 13:10

#Chri5# said:
That means you miss out on the fun of having to strip a cabinet down just to get it upstairs...

I have been here before.... I was asked to move a periphonics IVR from the loading bay to the first floor. This thing weighed in at a little under 500Kg and wouldn't fit in the lift, so I had to empty the contents and strip it down, then found the sides wouldn't even fit in, so had to manually carry the whole lot up 3 flights of stairs.

ZedPowered · 12 Oct 2012 at 14:53

Ive got a unit that should do what you want in Bristol that i'm gonna shift in the next couple of weeks. Hit me up in trust to discuss.

mejinks · 12 Oct 2012 at 16:25

Messaged

GodAtum · 27 Oct 2012 at 17:44

Yamahahahahaha said:
I tend to use Toughrack as they're based in London (Office in Farrington, production is down in Luton - delivery is rapid).
The best thing about them is being able to get any size of rack, which is great in an emergency where the 42U Dell rack won't fit in the lift because the project manager didn't measure the lift entrance as well as the lift itself...

Anyone got experience of rackcabinets.co.uk?

#Chri5# · 28 Oct 2012 at 10:44

GodAtum said:
Anyone got experience of rackcabinets.co.uk?

Yes, that's the company called Orion I linked to in post #5.

Have sourced quite a few cabinets from them. As previously mentioned they usually build to order so lead time can be a week or more.

Gibbs · 29 Oct 2012 at 16:50

i still find them brave and pricey 250quid for a 12u?

Robbery if you ask me