I’d be fine without the handles.

2 cents

-Sean


On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 11:09 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) <
li...@packetflux.com> wrote:

> I'm wondering if anyone has strong opinions about handles on
> rackmount devices.
>
> I'm in the process of switching the enclosure manufacturer on the
> RackInjector and in the process making some design changes that should make
> things better for both us and our customers.  I don't want to share too
> much just in case this doesn't work out - and no, this isn't a change to
> hot-swappable cards.
>
> With the design we're working on, the handles we have on the front of the
> existing enclosure aren't very easy to implement in the new design.   So
> I'm thinking about just dropping them to save the hassle/pain/shipping
> issues/cost/etc/etc/etc.
>
> My personal experience has been that although handles on enclosures are
> nice when removing a device from a rack, they are by no means necessary.
>  On occasion, I've also had handles become a liability instead of a help.
>  But on the other hand, when a device gets stuck in a rack (typically due
> to neighboring devices), it is nice to have them to add leverage when
> removing the enclosure.
>
> I'm wondering what everyone else's thoughts on this are...
>
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