>What kind of equipment/strategy do we use to lift heavy equipment into
>place in a rack so that it can be fastened to the rack? Is there some
>jack or hydraulic lift that can be used?
At work they've got a really neat gadget for this, it'll work for stuff
that's not mounted to high (or heavy). Basically you turn a crank and it
lifts it to more or less the height you need, but it still takes a couple
people at least to finish the job.
I've only been involved in using it once, since our UNIX servers come built
into their own racks (yes, we use big UNIX systems). Anyway the one NT guy
needed some help and foolish me, I said I'd help. Let me tell you, Compaq
makes some HEAVY gear (I've got DEC stuff that's bigger, and a lot
lighter)! It was all the gadget could handle getting it up.
Zane
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Received on Mon Nov 12 2001 - 12:44:34 GMT