I think it very much depends on: - how many "a bunch" is - what your wiring looks like - how you manage airflow in your rack(s) - what the management arms look like
My experience has been with the arms from HP, and I stopped buying them about 10 years ago after I realized that after they were loaded with cables they almost completely blocked exhaust fans, especially on the 1U servers. I don't know if they've changed much since then, but thus far I have been happy with velcro strips for neat bundling/support. Mike On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Matt Lawrence <m...@technoronin.com>wrote: > We just received a bunch of 1U servers with cable managment arms (customer > ordered the arms) and I though I would appeal to the collective wisdom of > LOPSA. It has been years since I have used cable managment arms and even > then, they were on much larger systems. These are a bunch of 1U servers > that are going to have several cables coming off the back. > > The plusses: > Cable management arms provide a nice horizontal support for cabling > The servers can be pulled out without disconnecting a bunch of cabling > > The minuses: > Cable management arms are a pain to properly install cabling in > The extra layers of cabling can impede airflow, particularly in a 1U form > factor > > Personally, I would prefer to not use them as I think the disadvantages > outweigh the advantages. Any thoughts pro or con? > > -- Matt > It's not what I know that counts. > It's what I can remember in time to use. > ______________________________**_________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/tech<https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech> > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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