Comments on: Define: 19″ Rack http://www.server-racks.com/19-rack.html Information about rack issues and racking servers Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: A W Covert http://www.server-racks.com/19-rack.html/comment-page-1#comment-726 A W Covert Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:48:10 +0000 http://www.server-racks.com/19-rack.html#comment-726 But a SMART equipment manufacturer will make his faceplate slightly smaller than 19" - such as 18-31/32" to avoid any problems with rubbing in tight racks. I once had an AP Audio patch bay that actually measured 19-1/32" and would not go into my all-steel welded rack. I e-mailed the mfg. and they said they saw no problem becuase no one else had complained before! Well, not everyone has cheap plywood racks with enough 'give' in the sides. By the same token, I suppose a smart rack manufacturer would error a little on the wide side when spacing his (recessed) rails. But a SMART equipment manufacturer will make his faceplate slightly smaller than 19″ – such as 18-31/32″ to avoid any problems with rubbing in tight racks. I once had an AP Audio patch bay that actually measured 19-1/32″ and would not go into my all-steel welded rack. I e-mailed the mfg. and they said they saw no problem becuase no one else had complained before! Well, not everyone has cheap plywood racks with enough ‘give’ in the sides.

By the same token, I suppose a smart rack manufacturer would error a little on the wide side when spacing his (recessed) rails.

]]> By: JJ DAS http://www.server-racks.com/19-rack.html/comment-page-1#comment-436 JJ DAS Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:25:14 +0000 http://www.server-racks.com/19-rack.html#comment-436 Why 19inch ? why not other sizes say 3.5 inch not acceptable ? Why 19inch ? why not other sizes say 3.5 inch not acceptable ?

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