Rack-mounting.

Cabinets or open “Telco” racks?

  • Cabinets: Pros & Cons
    • Solve two problems.
      The locked door & The rack.
    • Best for a small server installation.
    • Choose carefully, with a thought toward accessibility.
    • Can present cooling problems.
    • Expensive.
    • Hard physical limit.


  • Telco Racks: Pros & Cons
    • Easier to work with: accessible. cable management. etc.
    • Less expensive, including components.
    • Infinitely scalable.
    • Require a room (the locked door.)
    • Some purpose-built rack-mount servers (Dell for example) won’t work.