Im far from very experienced with racks, ive delt with about 5 or 6 x different racks in my life, (3x currently / ongoing), so i know many others have much more "rack" experience than I.
Im building a new setup for my home office, and i purchased this rack (and put it together today):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K1JJL8G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
my question / problem is i dont really like this "U" shape of the posts, im used to (and have only every used/seen) the "T" shaped posts.
is there a clear upside to this U shape that im missing? (or a downside im not thinking of yet?) as im strongly considering returning this rack, and instead getting a T shape post rack.
(why even do this U shape? is it so the mfg can lower costs as they can now use this same post in either a 4-post OR a 2-post rack maybe?)
The main reason i dont like this U shape, is bc i like rails where i can pull out the entire length of the server, and thus service it with out fully removing the server from its rails. and with this U shape, im forced to snap the rails into the further part of the U shape, and thus i loose about 2-3" of "pull out length", as the rail is offset a bit and not flush with the face of the post.
( + im spending more than the rack on the longer rails ie: MCP-290-00057-0N vs using the shorter rails , where only about 30% of the server "pulls out" which i already have several of).
(below is a "T" post rack im more used to, ignore the ruler, as its the only pict i had)
is this below an advantage of the U shape maybe? (as its hard to adjust this rack to precisely the 26.5" depth that is needed to fit BOTH sm rails: MCP-290-00057-0N (26.5" to 36.4") AND the MCP-290-00058-0N (19.6" to 27").
(not ideal way to fit both SM rail types, but it does work. nb- i cant do the reverse of this as the longer SM rail has a bulge on the other end so it cant snap in)
can anyone who is around racks offer some input, please.
thanks!
Im building a new setup for my home office, and i purchased this rack (and put it together today):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K1JJL8G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
my question / problem is i dont really like this "U" shape of the posts, im used to (and have only every used/seen) the "T" shaped posts.
is there a clear upside to this U shape that im missing? (or a downside im not thinking of yet?) as im strongly considering returning this rack, and instead getting a T shape post rack.
(why even do this U shape? is it so the mfg can lower costs as they can now use this same post in either a 4-post OR a 2-post rack maybe?)
The main reason i dont like this U shape, is bc i like rails where i can pull out the entire length of the server, and thus service it with out fully removing the server from its rails. and with this U shape, im forced to snap the rails into the further part of the U shape, and thus i loose about 2-3" of "pull out length", as the rail is offset a bit and not flush with the face of the post.
( + im spending more than the rack on the longer rails ie: MCP-290-00057-0N vs using the shorter rails , where only about 30% of the server "pulls out" which i already have several of).
(below is a "T" post rack im more used to, ignore the ruler, as its the only pict i had)
is this below an advantage of the U shape maybe? (as its hard to adjust this rack to precisely the 26.5" depth that is needed to fit BOTH sm rails: MCP-290-00057-0N (26.5" to 36.4") AND the MCP-290-00058-0N (19.6" to 27").
(not ideal way to fit both SM rail types, but it does work. nb- i cant do the reverse of this as the longer SM rail has a bulge on the other end so it cant snap in)
can anyone who is around racks offer some input, please.
thanks!