Operational Content, I think...

Mon Jun 25 15:22:56 UTC 2001

At 15:32 6/24/01 -0400, Deepak Jain wrote:

>This comes up every now and then, and I still haven't seen a good solution,
>so here is the situation.
>
>Every now and then, the graveyard maintenance shift (read: few people) needs
>to mount a 7' tall or 600 lb piece of equipment we've all come to know and
>love in a rack. While pad jacks are available to move them around the
>datacenter floor, equipped with friendly hydraulics and all, there is a
>piece missing.
>
>Is there a common-sense piece of equipment available that 1 person can
>operate that will support a very bulky, rackmountable piece of equipment so
>the same, single person can mount/unmount it near the top of a rack?
>
>I have seen plenty of solutions for this on warehouse floors, but most
>datacenters don't have the ceiling height for track-crane. I don't know how
>people handle the 15' relay racks either now that I am sharing my gap in
>knowledge.
>
>Your advice, suggestions and even jokes are appreciated, but remember, I'm
>armed. :)

A couple of car jacks and some 2 by 4's.

Chris

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