[Beowulf] [EXTERNAL] server lift

[Prentice Bisbal]

Make that +2 for the manual lift.

Prentice

On 10/20/21 4:48 AM, Tina Friedrich wrote:
> +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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