Are blade servers heavy?

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I'm about to buy a rack that supports up to 1000Lbs and I was wondering if I should be concerned with it's seeminly low weight capacity. Should I be concerned with the weight capacity or not? I've seen older racks supporting 2000lbs and it gets me wondering, should I be looking at a rack that supports more than 1000Lbs?
 
I'm not trying to be a smart ass....but..... I guess it really depends on what you plan on putting in the rack:)

If your unsure, I would probably say look for a higher weight rating, just to stay on the safe side.... but 1000lbs seems like an awful lot......

Edit... after a quick search, a Dell PowerEdge 8950 weighs 82lbs... and I believe the 8950 is one of their larger rack mounted servers..... so a 1000lb rack should probably be fine....
 
Well if you load it bottom heavy then I'm sure you'll be fine.
 
I think you'll be fine...even if you spend all the coin to fill that rack up to capacity (and not all of it will be consumed by PCs...switches, patch panels, rackmount KVM), you won't break 1000lbs, though you could come close if you REALLY load up on the servers & HDDs. (I would say server chassis, PSU, heatsinks, and HDDs would contribute the greatest percentage of weight, obviously.)
 
If you plan on putting actual Dell "blade" chassis filled with Dell blades (1955s or 1855s) that will be a little over 1000lbs.. a fully loaded chassis with blades is about 280lbs. You can fit four of those per standard 42RU rack. linkage I rack these often so if you have more questions about them, feel free to PM me.
 
LOL.. yeah.. 40 machines! and the heat coming out of the back is intense.. like a blow drier.. a full body blow drier! :eek:
 
So besides putting 2 16KW UPS or 4 8KW UPS or 8 4KW UPS in a rack, what would necessitate the need to have 3K lbs of weight capacity in a 42U rack?
 
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