Re: Does a System i require a proprietary rack?

[Jeff Curtis <jcurtis1027@xxxxxxxxx>]

My last employer had their 520 in an plain old APC 42U rack.

Hope that helps,


Jeff

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:19 PM, James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'm trying to configure a new System i for a customer.  They want a rack
> mount configuration as they already have a rack with plenty of space.  I
> just got off the phone with our BP and he claims that both the System i
> and System p require special, IBM proprietary racks.  This adds
> considerable cost to the configuration and seems completely unnecessary to
> me since they already have a rack with ample space.  Does the System i
> require special racks?
>
> (Hoping I am getting the name right of the system formerly known as
> AS/400)
>
> James Rich
>
> if you want to understand why that is, there are many good books on
> the design of operating systems. please pass them along to redmond
> when you're done reading them :)
>        - Paul Davis on ardour-dev
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