On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: > So there was some discussion a while back about using lifts to put heavy gear > in racks. I'm going to be doing some of that soon, and I was wondering how I'd > go about acquiring something like that at a non-exorbitant price? (eBait was > not useful, and Googling "user server lift" didn't produce anything either.) > Any ideas?
I work in a datacenter. We use a lift from the aptly-named Serverlift Corporation almost daily. They're run off of 12V batteries and can lift a few hundred pounds. Of course, they are nowhere near cheap: http://serverlift.com/solutions/products/sl500x-server-lift/ They also weigh enough that you'd never want to bring one down a flight of stairs. The Grainger and McMaster manual lifts do look useful and far more manageable. -j
