Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:43:53 +0100 Subject: OT: Server Cabinet From: Robert Lusby <nanogwp@gmail.com>
Sorry to start the day OT, but I'm sure you lovely lot will have some tips/experience! ;)
We have a HP Server Cabinet (42U 10842 G2), that we've stripped down to the bare-bones chassis. It now measures 750mm wide.
We have a door-way that said server cabinet must fit through, measuring up at 620mm.
The cabinet chassis is welded at all four corners, so can't be taken apart any more without being cut.
Can you see where this is leading yet? Three obvious questions:
1) Have you ever had to fit a cabinet through a doorway that's too small? 2) How did you do it? Cut cabinet, demolish wall ...? 3) If you cut the cabinet, any tips?
Comment: you need to recognize that you are 'making trouble'. At _some_ point in the future, there will be a need to remove said cabinet from that location, and the issue will rear it's ugly head *again*. Suggestion: If there is no alternative to that narrow doorway, consider: a) getting a *different* cabinet -- one that _will_ dis-assemble. b) if 'all else fails', _widen_ the doorway. Thus permanently resolving the issue. Option (a) _is_ going to be less time/effort/money than any other alternative.