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A rack is a frame or enclosure in which servers, networking equipment, and associated equipment is mounted. For questions about the Ruby framework, use the tag ruby-rack.

A rack is a frame or enclosure in which servers, networking equipment, and associated equipment is mounted.

The industry standard for racks is the 19-inch rack, so called because it mounts equipment 19 inches wide.

Racks are measured vertically in rack units (U) of 1.75 inches. The most common full-size racks used in data centers are 42U tall, though smaller racks are available for specialized applications.

For questions about the Ruby framework, use the tag .

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Rack server with NVidia or ATI GPU

For testing our software product we need to generate raster images on a machine with a ATI or NVidia Workstation graphics adapter. Currently we keep a external desktop machine connected to the rack enclosure. Dell, our main hardware provider,…
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Experiencing lower inter-rack ethernet speed compare to that of intra-rack

I have a cluster with 32 machines. The first 25 machines are on the first rack and the rest 7 machines are on the second rack. Each rack has a 1Gbps Ethernet switch. The network communication between the different racks will certainly have a…
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Can an OS utilize all 4 nodes (4 x 2(22 core) CPUs=176 cores) in a server rack like C6320?

Are the 4 nodes in the C6320 utilized as 4 different sets of CPUs in a hypervisor?Or can they be all used under one OS? Can all of them being used in a 22 x 8 = 176 core system in say Windows?
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Using an earth bonding plug for grounding server rack enclosure

Can an Earth Bonding Plug be used to connect a server rack enclosure for the purposes of electrical grounding from a safety perspective? I've read How do I ground a network switch? (among other articles on rack grounding). Can the wall power socket…
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Are Rack-Servers always loud?

So, I'm thinking about getting a rack server (one blade) at home for stuff like gameserver, rendering, webserver, cloud etc but I'm worried about the loudness of the fans. I've only seen one single server rack in real life and it was pretty loud…
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Mounting equipment that only occupies half the depth of the cabinet?

I'm a bit naïve at all of this (sorry!), but I have to install a bunch of equipment in our co-location facility. We have a switch that only occupies half the "depth" of the cabinet. How do I mount this? Is attaching it with the front screws only…
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Can any standard rack server or enclosure be mounted on sliding rails?

I'm looking to buy an empty rack-mounted enclosure (2U to 4U) to fill with some custom equipment. One of the requirements is that we can easily open the enclosure top and access the contents periodically. It seems like the best way to achieve this…
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Message from application: cannot load such file -- puppet/util/command_line (LoadError)

I have configured puppet with passenger (using - https://docs.puppet.com/guides/passenger.html AND http://www.olindata.com/blog/2014/09/setup-puppet-master-passenger-and-apache-centos ). [root@a-puppet-03 ~]# puppet…
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Cooling Solution for CCTV Rack

I'll do my best to provide a clear question. I'm not a network/server guy...just a young controls/systems engineer who knows enough to be dangerous :) My company is working on a major controls upgrade for a jail. I was put in charge of upgrading…
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Install Ubuntu LTS on a Primergy RX300 S4

I'm a sysadmin beginner so bear with me. We got delivered a Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S4 rack server and we need to install Ubuntu LTS 14.04.3 on it. The supported OS have not listed Ubuntu or Debian - is it still possible to install it or do we have…
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Server Systems under Extreme Environmental Conditions

During my study I have to do a student research project about server systems under extreme environmental conditions. Unfortunately I have really no experience with such systems. I already did some research, but not really successful ones. I only…
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Removing rails from server rack

Not sure this is the place for this but I'm banging my head against a wall and figure before I lose a finger trying to remove these rails I'd give it a shot. Anyone have any idea how to get these rails out of a server rack? It's more like a shelf…
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Cable management and Rack design

I'm new here, and looking for some suggestions on how to design my rack. I have a chance to tidy up my server room and got a green light on server downtime for 24 hours this weekend. Below is my inventory. 2x 48U compaq racks (no provision for…
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Exhausting Heat in Server Rack

I was recently provided a 4 post Server Rack/Cabinet (48U) to fit all my equipment cleanly. One of the items they provided was a Tripp Lite Rackmounted A/C Unit (SRCOOL7KRM). This was truly Awesome thinking on their part, although I wish they had…
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Putting the server "outside"

I live in Montreal, where the temperature oscillates between a max of 27 celsius in summer and a min of -27 celsius in winter. I am currently in the process of purchasing a cheap decommissioned 2U server with enough cores and RAM for computational…
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