7 Best Practices for Safely Moving Heavy IT Equipment in Data Centers
Moving heavy and expensive IT equipment is essential in data centers. AI servers are very heavy, and high rack density can require tight maneuvers in narrow spaces. There is a significant risk of injury, damage, and liability. If you have a major move (or a steady series of installations) planned, here is a step-by-step workflow for a data center team to safely and efficiently move heavy IT equipment. 1. Pre-plan your move. To start, measure the IT equipment you’ll be moving and record its dimensions and total weight. Note any lift points or manufacturer instructions, including restrictions on tilting or jostling during transit. Next, decide on your handling method. How […]
ServerLIFT® DC Lift Attachment: VMH-500X™ Vertical Module Handler
We’ve started seeing some requests from customers looking for support to install vertical servers weighing 100 lbs or more. This could have been a problem, since most our server-handling lifts are purpose-built to install servers horizontally. However, our engineers went to work to solve the problem and developed an attachment that addresses vertical installations. The VMH-500X Vertical Module Handler supports all your IT equipment, keeping it safe and stable as you remove, transport, and install it. When you are installing or removing a server, you simply line up the chassis with the vertical rails in your rack and slide the server into place. This attachment is compatible with large-chassis systems, […]
Manual Or Motorized Data Center Lift?
Yes, we make both a manual lift, which is just as rugged and safe for your data center equipment moves as our motorized lifts. But we sell more motorized lifts. Why? It comes down to frequency and quantity. If you have a small data center and you move equipment very infrequently, our manual lift, which lifts up to 350 pounds using a hand-cranking mechanism, might be just right. You’ll still get a solid lift that is safe to operate (no pinch points, stable on its own without strapping to a rack, dependable brakes, and precision alignment functionality). But if you are moving equipment more than “occasionally,” and your equipment is […]
Focus on Colo DC Provider – Coresite
Located in the heart of downtown Denver are two CoreSite’s colocation data centers: DE1 and DE2. These data centers provide digital consumers with a platform to meet the increasing needs of today’s technology. DE1 is strategically located in the center of more than 85 key national and regional network fiber plants. DE2 provides access to the largest peering exchange in the region, the CoreSite Any2 Exchange® for Internet peering, secured by dark fiber to DE1. Home to over 145 organizations that include cloud, network, and IT service providers, CoreSite’s Denver data centers are the Rocky Mountains’ go-to interconnection hubs for digital consumers. At the corporate level, CoreSite began in 2001 […]
Why SL-350X® Data Center Lifts Aren’t The Worst Choice For Your DC
There are plenty of machines people adopt for handling IT equipment in data centers. But most of those products were designed to do totally different types of work than what’s required for expensive servers in high-tech data centers. People who have been injured lifting a heavy server or have damaged that server know how easy it is to make the wrong choice. And as veterans of the industry, we’ve heard every horror story. Every colocation facility or DC operator is used to having to problem solve and be creative . . . sometimes they just have to make things work with the resources at hand. That’s the nature of the […]
How Much Should a Data Center Lift Cost?
The ROI on a data center lifting device is clear. As we’ve demonstrated in the past, savings can reach into savings of millions of dollars (particularly when accident prevention is factored in).
