NANOG Gods, I need to ship some Dell servers, and my google skills have gotten me nowhere. Is there a decent place to find standard server size shipping boxes? Located in Socal if anyone has an extra or two.. ;) //warren
http://www.uline.com/ or any good shipping company. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote:
NANOG Gods,
I need to ship some Dell servers, and my google skills have gotten me nowhere. Is there a decent place to find standard server size shipping boxes? Located in Socal if anyone has an extra or two.. ;)
//warren -- ~ Andrew "lathama" Latham lathama@gmail.com http://lathama.net ~
Hi Warren, On 2013-05-21, at 14:48, Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote:
I need to ship some Dell servers, and my google skills have gotten me nowhere. Is there a decent place to find standard server size shipping boxes? Located in Socal if anyone has an extra or two.. ;)
The last time I had to ship a box myself I went to the local UPS Canada office, since they evidently will pack and ship rather than just ship. The last time we had to ship a number of (Dell, actually) boxes from ICANN in LA we bought some flight cases that we could rack the servers into. Our thought was to go for reusable, rather than one-off (and we had doubts about the state of the boxes upon arrival if they weren't securely packed; a flight case with 19" rails inside seemed like a good bet). We found the flight cases with only minimal googling, but if you're having trouble Mehmet could no doubt hook you up. And if you're close to El Segundo and we can get the flight case back when you're done, you could probably just borrow ours :-) Joe
Would you happen to have a link for a flight case that would fit a 1-2u server? I was in the same situation a few days ago and ran the risky proposition of building my own box. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Abley [mailto:jabley@hopcount.ca] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:56 PM To: Warren Bailey Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: Dear NANOG Gods Hi Warren, On 2013-05-21, at 14:48, Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote:
I need to ship some Dell servers, and my google skills have gotten me nowhere. Is there a decent place to find standard server size shipping boxes? Located in Socal if anyone has an extra or two.. ;)
The last time I had to ship a box myself I went to the local UPS Canada office, since they evidently will pack and ship rather than just ship. The last time we had to ship a number of (Dell, actually) boxes from ICANN in LA we bought some flight cases that we could rack the servers into. Our thought was to go for reusable, rather than one-off (and we had doubts about the state of the boxes upon arrival if they weren't securely packed; a flight case with 19" rails inside seemed like a good bet). We found the flight cases with only minimal googling, but if you're having trouble Mehmet could no doubt hook you up. And if you're close to El Segundo and we can get the flight case back when you're done, you could probably just borrow ours :-) Joe
On Tue, 21 May 2013, Joe Abley wrote:
The last time we had to ship a number of (Dell, actually) boxes from ICANN in LA we bought some flight cases that we could rack the servers into. Our thought was to go for reusable, rather than one-off (and we had doubts about the state of the boxes upon arrival if they weren't securely packed; a flight case with 19" rails inside seemed like a good bet).
We found the flight cases with only minimal googling, but if you're having trouble Mehmet could no doubt hook you up.
And if you're close to El Segundo and we can get the flight case back when you're done, you could probably just borrow ours :-)
There a number of vendors that can either custom-build cases, or might have something off-the-shelf that will work, and meet ATA300/Milspec standards. Calzone Cases - http://www.calzonecases.com/ Jan-Al Cases - http://www.janalcase.com/ Pelican-Hardigg - http://www.pelican.com/ NOTE: I use several different types of road/flight cases for transporting audio gear for $sidejob. Fair warning: A case that provides the level of cushioning and impact protection you're looking for is likely to be heavy - possibly as heavy as the server itself. jms
Subject: Re: Dear NANOG Gods Date: Tue, May 21, 2013 at 02:56:22PM -0400 Quoting Joe Abley (jabley@hopcount.ca):
The last time we had to ship a number of (Dell, actually) boxes from ICANN in LA we bought some flight cases that we could rack the servers into. Our thought was to go for reusable, rather than one-off (and we had doubts about the state of the boxes upon arrival if they weren't securely packed; a flight case with 19" rails inside seemed like a good bet).
If survivability is important, I like CP Cases: http://www.cpcases.com/prodrange.asp?prodrangeid=15&typeid=3 More expensive than SKB, but they bounce when dropped. And preserve the stuff inside. One probably should opt for removing PSU and drives if shipping is expected to be very rough. -- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE +46 705 989668 What a COINCIDENCE! I'm an authorized "SNOOTS OF THE STARS" dealer!!
Find a used computer/network equipment vendor near you. They'll have the right sized boxes & can foam encapsulate your gear. Most companies have been willing to box up equipment for me at no (or little) charge. Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications joe@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax On May 21, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote:
NANOG Gods,
I need to ship some Dell servers, and my google skills have gotten me nowhere. Is there a decent place to find standard server size shipping boxes? Located in Socal if anyone has an extra or two.. ;)
//warren
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