I thought maybe there was a secret place to get cool data center layer 1 st= uff..
Yeah, it's called "inventory" ... ;-) Seriously, there's a reason why it is common to maintain shelving in the data center, and/or storage lockers nearby. The stuff you use and find usable isn't the same stuff that I use and find usable, and while I don't know about you, I'm too cheap to pay top dollar for JIT style acquisition of the stuff I need, even assuming that there was someplace local that sold it. Easier to have it on-site. As for acquiring the stuff in the first place? Yeah, no good single source. We have a drawerful of current catalogs for various vendors, such as: ADI - low voltage distributors, often good pricing on bulk cable and UPS batteries C&H Distributors - General industrial equipment, workbenches, shelving, storage bins, etc. CablesToGo - KVM cables, PC and network cabling, power cords, etc DigiKey - Mostly electronics parts and connectors PI Manufacturing - All sorts of various inexpensive bits and pieces for networks and PC's, cables, adapters, etc. StayOnline - More obscure stuff for the data center, such as C13-to-C14 power Y's to mention some of the less-obvious ones, But these days there's a huge amount of purchasing that goes on entirely through online catalogs etc. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.