Saturday, December 17, 2011

Different types of server rack shelfs

A rack or a shelf is simply a standardized frame structure for loading server modules or computing or industrial equipment. All the industrial equipment, computing and server equipment is designed in standardized dimensions of the rack shelf. The standard dimensions are multiples of 1.75 inches. It is also called one rack unit or 1U. The typical size for industrial equipment rack shelf is 42U. Professional 19 inch racks are always made for home equipment like audio devices, amplifiers and sound effects units like mixers. They are very widely used for mounting computer server equipment so that these heavy hardware configurations do not occupy much floor space or shelf space. Some computer server shelf are equipped with cooling units so that the servers do not overheat. These rack shelves are also used for mounting networking equipment like switches and heavy routers and hardware filtering units in large networks.
By: Sandeep Mahanthi

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