[Beowulf] Beowulf Digest, Vol 212, Issue 10
Jake Grimmett
jog at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Wed Oct 20 12:18:59 UTC 2021
Hi All,
We bought a Server Lift "SL-1000X Super-Duty Lift" last year.
https://serverlift.com/data-center-lifts/sl-1000x/
It's powered by a large 12V battery, and uses what looks like a car
winch to move the platform.
The powered functionality is useful, and very nice when you are tired,
but also hazardous; the lift is rated at 250Kg, in our first week we
ripped a slide rail right out of it's bearing by accidentally lifting a
server when thought the bobbins were disengaged. It would have been
obvious on a manual system that something was wrong...
What else, it was quite expensive, but it goes to full rack height, it
has a sliding bed to make it easier to load/unload systems, and with the
Lift Extensions (an extra) we can lift servers out of boxes, and off the
floor.
https://serverlift.com/data-center-lifts/attachments/le-series-lift-extensions/
(PS Hi Tina!)
ta ta
Jake
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> From: Tina Friedrich <tina.friedrich at it.ox.ac.uk>
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> +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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