Rack rails on network equipment
Alain Hebert
ahebert at pubnix.net
Fri Sep 24 19:05:10 UTC 2021
Hi,
In my opinion:
That time you take to rack devices with classic rail can be
viewed as a bounding moment and, while appreciated by the device, will
reducing downtime issues on the long run that you may have if you just
rack & slap 'em.
It is also Friday =D.
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Alain Hebert ahebert at pubnix.net
PubNIX Inc.
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On 9/24/21 12:56 PM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote:
> On 9/24/21 10:37 AM, Andrey Khomyakov wrote:
>> So ultimately my question to you all is how much do you care about
>> the speed of racking and unracking equipment and do you tell your
>> suppliers that you care? How much does the time it takes to install
>> or replace a switch impact you?
>>
>> I was having a conversation with a vendor and was pushing hard on the
>> fact that their switches will end up being actually costlier for me
>> long term just because my switch replacement time quadruples at
>> least, thus requiring me to staff more remote hands. Am I
>> overthinking this and artificially limiting myself by excluding
>> vendors who don't ship with toolless rails (which is all of them now
>> except Dell)?
>
> My 2¢ opinion / drive by comment while in the break room to get coffee
> and a doughnut is:
>
> Why are you letting -- what I think is -- a relatively small portion
> of the time spent interacting with a device influence the choice of
> the device?
>
> In the grand scheme of things, where will you spend more time
> interacting with the device; racking & unracking or administering the
> device throughout it's life cycle? I would focus on the larger
> portion of those times.
>
> Sure, automation is getting a lot better. But I bet that your network
> administrators will spend more than an hour interacting with the
> device over the multiple years that it's in service. As such, I'd
> give the network administrators more input than the installers racking
> & unracking. If nothing else, break it down proportionally based on
> time and / or business expense for wages therefor.
>
>> Thanks for your time in advance!
>
> The coffee is done brewing and I have a doughnut, so I'll take my
> leave now.
>
> Have a good day ~> weekend.
>
>
>
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