Since some people were interested (on- and off-list), see below. On 2013-05-21, at 15:32, Mehmet Akcin <meh...@icann.org> wrote:
> hey there > > we have a case from http://www.skbcases.com 20U 20" > > they are really reliable (been using them since 6 years, shipped meeting > equipment for ICANN before and also servers as joe mentioned below > > let me know how we can help > > mehmet > > On May 21, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Joe Abley <joe.ab...@icann.org> wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> Do you remember where you bought those flight cases we used to ship Dell 1Us >> around the place? >> >> People on NANOG want to know :-) >> >> >> Joe >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Jason Faraone <jfara...@paulo.com> >>> Subject: RE: Dear NANOG Gods >>> Date: 21 May 2013 15:10:32 EDT >>> To: 'Joe Abley' <jab...@hopcount.ca>, Warren Bailey >>> <wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> >>> Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> >>> >>> Would you happen to have a link for a flight case that would fit a 1-2u >>> server? I was in the same situation a few days ago and ran the risky >>> proposition of building my own box. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Joe Abley [mailto:jab...@hopcount.ca] >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:56 PM >>> To: Warren Bailey >>> Cc: NANOG list >>> Subject: Re: Dear NANOG Gods >>> >>> Hi Warren, >>> >>> On 2013-05-21, at 14:48, Warren Bailey >>> <wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I need to ship some Dell servers, and my google skills have gotten me >>>> nowhere. Is there a decent place to find standard server size shipping >>>> boxes? Located in Socal if anyone has an extra or two.. ;) >>> >>> The last time I had to ship a box myself I went to the local UPS Canada >>> office, since they evidently will pack and ship rather than just ship. >>> >>> The last time we had to ship a number of (Dell, actually) boxes from ICANN >>> in LA we bought some flight cases that we could rack the servers into. Our >>> thought was to go for reusable, rather than one-off (and we had doubts >>> about the state of the boxes upon arrival if they weren't securely packed; >>> a flight case with 19" rails inside seemed like a good bet). >>> >>> We found the flight cases with only minimal googling, but if you're having >>> trouble Mehmet could no doubt hook you up. >>> >>> And if you're close to El Segundo and we can get the flight case back when >>> you're done, you could probably just borrow ours :-) >>> >>> >>> Joe >> >
