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What were your server room pain points, big wins and must haves?

Like many people on here I suspect, our server room has evolved over time. At the beginning we had a single server running Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 and it sat in the corner plugged in and happily did all our emailing and…
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Planning to buy a server with at least 48GB Ram, are the blades way to go?

We're planning to host our website for the first time for ourselves. We have currently have a linode of 8 gigs and the memory is going up to 90% most of the time. So I want to move my website to my own server with huge RAM. So this will be first…
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How to dispose of old rack-mount servers?

I have two old rack-mount servers lying around that I want to get rid of. One is a HP DL380 G2, the other is an IBM from the same era. Both machines boot up, but I don't have any harddrives for them, or any use for them. Worse yet, both machines…
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Is it bad to stack rackmount servers?

I have a couple of Dell 1U rackmount servers that I need to temporarily move out of a rack. Is it bad for them to be stacked on top of eachother?
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Server rack recommendations

I'm putting servers on a rack for the first time, and am thinking a 4-post open frame rack is adequate for my needs. I'm putting in a few HP DL 385's and a few other things. What I'm wondering is if there's reason to be picky about the rack…
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Server Rack vs. Server in PC "Towers"

A friend of mine told me that the company he made an internship at didn't have server racks, because the cooling just takes up too much energy and thus isn't effective. That company was using "normal" PC Towers to house their servers. Those Towers…
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Rack Mounting a Server with hot air vents on the top?

We just got a couple of HP DL360 G7's, and I notice it has vents on the top. More hot air seems to exit through these vents than it does anywhere on the back. All our servers in the past have always vented all the hot air through the back. How…
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Why use rack servers over tower servers?

Aside from space, why use a rack mountable server over a tower server? Or is space the only reason... Tower servers are cheaper, more space for cooling, and more expandable... Why rack mount?
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Rack layout tools

I'm wondering if there's any tools (preferably offline) that would allow me to layout all of the new equipment that will be going into several standard racks. Currently I'm using Excel to map out all of the slots columns for the data but I suspect…
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What is the name of this screw? (from HP ProLiant quick-deploy rail kits)

I need the name of the screw for the HP quick deploy rail kit. The screw clicks into the square holes of the rack. It is a Gen4 Rail kit but the screw is like the Gen8 Rail kit ones. I called HP support, but they couldn't really help me.…
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Should I get rackmounted or tower servers for in-house use?

Currently we have about 8 or so in-house servers, all of which are Dell towers. We've never needed to upgrade them in a way other than more memory or a HD swap. There’s a 10 foot wide or so rack system that everything is on (servers, network…
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Purpose of vent holes on the top of rackmount servers?

Edit: Because of the high number of downvotes on this question, I would appreciate if you could comment on why you think the question deserves so. I believe the question is clearly asking for the purpose of those vents. Suggestions and edits on how…
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Rack enclosure dimensions

We noticed that rack enclosures have different depths (600, 800, 1000 mm) while the DELL rack servers are 600 mm deep. In addition DELL rack enclosures are only 1000 mm deep. Why should I purchase a rack enclosure 1000 mm deep for rack servers only…
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Mounting 19" PCs for in a mobile flight case

I need to mount 4 3U 19" PCs in a mobile rack flight case. It is designed as a small demonstration render farm for events and visits at customer sites. Standard 19" PC rackmount cabinets (fixed installation) have horizontal rails fixed on both sides…
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Difficulty racking HP ProLiant Gen8 servers

We're an all Proliant shop with around 50 servers, mostly DL360s and DL380, from G5's through G7's. We just got our first two G8's in and went to rack them. We were stunned to find out that the new cable management arms protrude almost 1 inch…
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