Famous operational issues

Thu Feb 18 19:37:52 UTC 2021

On Thursday, 18 February, 2021 16:23, "Seth Mattinen" <sethm at rollernet.us> said:

> I had a customer that tried to stack their servers - no rails except the
> bottom most one - using 2x4's between each server. Up until then I
> hadn't imagined anyone would want to fill their cabinet with wood, so I
> made a rule to ban wood and anything tangentially related (cardboard,
> paper, plastic, etc.). Easier to just ban all things. Fire reasons too
> but mainly I thought a cabinet full of wood was too stupid to allow.

On the "stupid racking" front, I give you most of a rack dedicated to a single server.  Not all that high a server, maybe 2U or so, but *way* too deep for the rack, so it had been installed vertically.  By looping some fairly hefty chain through the handles on either side of the front of the chassis, and then bolting the four chain ends to the four rack posts.  I wish I'd kept pictures of that one.  Not flammable, but a serious WTF moment.

Cheers,
Tim.