Drives at the top? Hell no. SANs are heavy, they go in the bottom half too (assuming a mixed rack). Especially if you have those disk shelves that slide out so they hold 3.5" drives three deep. Top of the rack is for network hardware and such.
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glimse@lemmy.world 9 months agoBack when I built racks, our “standard” was UPS at the bottom, all drives at the top…but mainly for accessibility. Hadn’t even thought about vibrations or interference!
catloaf@lemm.ee 9 months ago
glimse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I did not install SANs, I built racks for AV so the only drives were NAS/mini PCs on shelves
poVoq@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Ups at the bottom is also because of the weight of the batteries. In a small rack like this I don’t think moving the disks 30cm up will make a big difference.
glimse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Absolutely on that point. Same goes for heavy multi zone amplifiers.
Man I loved building racks. Almost makes me miss field work…