Does anyone know of one?

I've found the power calculator on HP's website which is pretty good as it gives you a fairly accurate result and allows you to define number of CPUs, HDDs, cards, etc.

But weight ?!?

I can grab the weight from the spec sheets, but the weight for a given server varies a fair amount depending on what's inside and so would like something a bit more accurate.

Does one exist? :confused: I can't believe HP haven't produced one as it would seem a fairly common request, along with power, heat, etc. :confused:

there used to be a rackbuilder section on the hp website, and you built the rack and it told you everything.

HP.com - ProLiant Storage - Custom Builder Online - Overview & Features

shame its no longer available.

We just specced our datacentre based on the maximum configuration.. (heat power and weight) - for our VM project its costing 100k just to get the enviromentals right.. floor strengthening(DC is on first floor) uprating the power feed into the building and new aircon units!

there used to be a rackbuilder section on the hp website, and you built the rack and it told you everything.

HP.com - ProLiant Storage - Custom Builder Online - Overview & Features

shame its no longer available.

Hmm. That looked like it could have been just the ticket, providing it did weight as well.

We just specced our datacentre based on the maximum configuration.. (heat power and weight) - for our VM project its costing 100k just to get the enviromentals right.. floor strengthening(DC is on first floor) uprating the power feed into the building and new aircon units!

Hmm, can I get paid 100k to get my figures right? Our potential customers expect us to be able to churn out kg and BTU numbers in a couple of hours. I've been known to do stuff to near-impossible timescales, but it kind of helps if the IT manufacturers provide you the tools to help you do it :rolleyes:

Hmm. That looked like it could have been just the ticket, providing it did weight as well.

Hmm, can I get paid 100k to get my figures right? Our potential customers expect us to be able to churn out kg and BTU numbers in a couple of hours. I've been known to do stuff to near-impossible timescales, but it kind of helps if the IT manufacturers provide you the tools to help you do it :rolleyes:

You can get weights off this configurator once youve built your server

HP eConfigure Solutions

You can get weights off this configurator once youve built your server

HP eConfigure Solutions

You forgot the 'that will be 100k, please' part

you forgot the 'that will be 100k, please' part

lol

Thanks Matt.

It's slow and clunky, but appears to work

In the end, I just worked it out manually from the datasheets.

It does surprise me how oblivious a lot of people still seem to be to potential weight loading issues.

A storage vendor we use has photos of their kit in a rack, and if you work it out, it's over 1200kg in one 44U rack :eek: :eek:

At the last datacentre I worked in it scared me watching clients coming in and installing their own kit into their racks starting at the TOP :eek: :eek: :eek: it doesn't take any brain power to rack a server but it does take some common sense, however rack building should be left to the experts as the cabling can be fun.

At the last datacentre I worked in it scared me watching clients coming in and installing their own kit into their racks starting at the TOP :eek: :eek: :eek: it doesn't take any brain power to rack a server but it does take some common sense, however rack building should be left to the experts as the cabling can be fun.

Cabling is where our particular usage of bladeservers makes sense.

Typically, our servers have 5x Cat5 cables + 2x 4Gb FC each. So if you take 16 servers, that's 80x Cat5 + 32 FC cables :eek:

In a blade, 16 servers equivalent is about 2 Cat5, 12 FC cables

At the last datacentre I worked in it scared me watching clients coming in and installing their own kit into their racks starting at the TOP :eek: :eek: :eek: it doesn't take any brain power to rack a server but it does take some common sense, however rack building should be left to the experts as the cabling can be fun.

Hehe... ill try and take some pictures of our DC today... that will scare you!. the term network kerplunk comes to mind

I have a rack in the loft, and that is on a large metal plate the spread the load onto the supporting wall instead of the floorboards. It would probably kill you if it landed on you otherwise

Thanks Matt.

It's slow and clunky, but appears to work

In the end, I just worked it out manually from the datasheets.

It does surprise me how oblivious a lot of people still seem to be to potential weight loading issues.

A storage vendor we use has photos of their kit in a rack, and if you work it out, it's over 1200kg in one 44U rack :eek: :eek:

I assume that isn't the kit I saw Xav, if it it that's a heck of a lock and assume it includes the rack as the figures are massively below that for newer stuff.

I have a rack in the loft, and that is on a large metal plate the spread the load onto the supporting wall instead of the floorboards. It would probably kill you if it landed on you otherwise

Why do you need a whole rack in your loft? I am just jealous!! I just have a couple routers (2 adsl lines), gigabit switch, a 2TB NAS, 2 servers, 1 printer and a two UPSs in my loft :-)