On 7/8/15 12:59 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Sean Caron <sca...@umich.edu> wrote:
I love those server hoists... the data center that I work in at U-M has two
of them, however they are made by Genie and they are a hand-crank type, no
automatic lift. They easily turn a job that could require two, three or
even four people into a job that can be quickly done by one person. I
really wish I had one for home! :O
We never had those back when I managed rooms with a dozen H960s. I
wanted one then, and I'd love one now.
We just did it the hard way - 2-3 people juggling 100 lb boxes in the
air... not recommended, I know, but it's what we did.
I have a Genie lift that I acquired a number of years ago. It is the
single best piece of
equipment for managing what I have in racks. I used to find excuses for
not rearranging
what's in the various racks. Not any more! ;-)
My only complaint is that mine has a 400lb cast iron counter weight
(which means the
total weight of the lift is >500lbs. Unless I have a truck with a lift
gate, I don't take my
lift anywhere. The counter weight isn't really big enough to get the
requisite number
of people to be able to lift it comfortably.
TTFN - Guy
