[Beowulf] [EXTERNAL] server lift

[Tina Friedrich]

+1 for the manual

We had an electric scissor lift in the DC, and exactly that happened - 
battery died. More expensive to replace than buying a new lift.

So we got a manual one (making sure it can go to full rack height which 
is very useful) - much less likely to go wrong.

Tina

On 19/10/2021 18:40, Robert Taylor wrote:
> I like the serverlift, having used one in our colo. If I got one, I 
> would go with the crank one. Electric is nice, but when the battery is 
> dead, you're stuck. Maybe it would have run off of wall power, but our 
> colo space is all 208v so I couldn't be sure if I could plug it in 
> there. Don't want to let out the blue smoke.... :-)
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 12:47 PM Michael Di Domenico 
> <mdidomenico4 at gmail.com <mailto:mdidomenico4 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     i would love to go oil bath, it's just not in the cards for this
>     data center
> 
>     On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 2:34 AM Stu Midgley <sdm900 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:sdm900 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         we use a gantry crane...
> 
>          From our install in 2019 :)
> 
>         image.png
> 
>         On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 9:34 AM Lux, Jim (US 7140) via Beowulf
>         <beowulf at beowulf.org <mailto:beowulf at beowulf.org>> wrote:
> 
>             Do you want one with a scissor lift type arrangement, or
>             with a "prongs" arrangement (more like a forklift)
> 
>             For instance, the scissor types have a nice flat surface
>             that remains level, so you can slide stuff off a table onto
>             the lift, or from the lift onto a table. But you don't have
>             access "under" the platform.
> 
> 
>             On 10/18/21, 7:33 AM, "Beowulf on behalf of Michael Di
>             Domenico" <beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org
>             <mailto:beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org> on behalf of
>             mdidomenico4 at gmail.com <mailto:mdidomenico4 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>                  we're using an older genie lift as a server lift
>             currently.  which as
>                  you can guess isn't designed for servers.  the most
>             recent set of
>                  compute nodes we purchased are pretty much impossible
>             to lift by man
>                  (even if that was a good idea) and the genie lift is
>             getting awkward
>                  in our cramped data center given it's design and server
>             weight.
> 
>                  i can certainly google for one, but they all look great
>             in the
>                  glossies.  does anyone want to provide some real world
>             info?
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