One Data Center’s Trash is Another’s Treasure
Despite the continued growth of the IT industry, like any other, it also has businesses that reach end-of-life. That’s why we were happy to help buy back two ServerLIFT® SL-500X® powered lifts from a data center that was being decommissioned. As soon as we get the machines back to our facility, we’ll fully inspect, test, and refurbish these fantastic data center safety tools as certified pre-owned lifts for another facility that wants to give them a home. ServerLIFT® still has customers using their original SL500 Classic models that we shipped them nearly 20 years ago!
Client Sells Entire Team on ServerLIFT® データセンターの伸び
A long-time member of our user community told us recently how he worked in a data center overseas years ago, where they used our SL-350X® hand-crank model lifts. Fast forward to the present. He is now working for a company here in the United States, and they were lifting servers with a warehouse lift 😢. He informed his team that they were going to have OSHA problems and injuries if they didn’t get a ServerLIFT® brand data center lift ASAP. They arranged an onsite demo, and their team fell in love with the machine. Now everyone there likes to claim that they started the relationship between their company and ours. […]
Supply Chain Crisis Effects On ServerLIFT® Products
The port delays and supply chain disruptions of the last couple of years had extended lead times for ServerLIFT® products (and many others) well beyond normal levels. Finally, those issues are starting to ease up which means we have been shipping out many more orders in shorter periods of time. While we’re not all the way back to pre-Covid lead times yet, our production crew and shipping carriers have been working overtime to help get orders fulfilled. It’s when times are toughest that it’s more important than ever for us, our suppliers, and carriers to continue providing the same exceptional customer service we strive for everyday.
Experts In Data Center Lift Service & Repair
Because data center lifts are mission-critical safety tools that are operational necessities, whenever a call comes in for service or repair, it’s our highest priority to get them fixed quickly. When a local data center called because six of their lifts were left outdoors, rusted and in disrepair, we dispatched one of our in-house production techs that day. Thankfully, they were able to fix a few of them onsite and we brought back the rest to our facility for a quick overhaul and redeployment.
ServerLIFT® News | January 2023
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2023! Improving client support and service is always at the forefront of our minds, and our plans for 2023 will enhance our clients’ experiences in new and expanded ways. 1. What is the Right PDU for Your Server Rack? How do you choose the right PDU for your server rack? This article highlights considerations to take into account. 2. High-Profile Service and Network Outages Characterized 2022 Hyperscalers are some of the most visible data center operators in the world. Most were included in the list of prominent outages in 2022. Is that simply a fact of life? 3. Continual Assessment of Quality This month […]
Data Centers Continue to See Rack Densities Increase
Does it seem like your customers’ needs intensify more every year, forcing you to get newer and more powerful hardware to meet demand? It’s not all in your imagination. Though technology advancements always drive the need for data center upgrades, many data center operators are reporting that changes are coming even faster than before. Increased rack power densities in the average data center are a sign of these changes. Most data centers have seen their average rack density rise rapidly over the past few years. Data center operators have adapted by finding ways to provide more computing power without having to expand their physical spaces. Let’s see why the demand […]
Focus On Server Manufacturer: Supermicro
Founded & headquartered in the United States, Supermicro manufactures servers, networking devices, server management software, and other data center technologies. They also build high-end motherboards and workstations for data center, cloud computing, enterprise IT, big data, high-performance computing (HPC), and embedded markets (computer-based products designed for specific tasks versus computer products such designed for general-purpose use). Charles Liang, Wally Liaw, and Sara Liu founded the company in November of 1993. Since then, Supermicro has been among the fastest-growing companies on Fortune’s Top 100 list. The company sets itself apart from competitors by following a progressive green computing initiative. Their Resource-Saving Architecture helps the environment and provides total cost of ownership […]
Focus On Server Manufacturer: NEC
Nippon Electric Company (NEC) was founded in Japan in 1899. W.T. Carlton, head of the Tokyo branch of Western Electric Company of Illinois, and Kunihiko Iwadare, the Japanese agent for products produced by WE, formed the company once Japan approved commercial enterprise for foreign companies. NEC was the first company to be affiliated with a foreign nation (the United States). Today, NEC is a diverse company with many specialties, including face-recognition software, computers, laptops, and servers, and AI technology. NEC has 301 consolidated subsidiaries and 114,714 employees worldwide. Their revenue for 2021 is already almost $23 billion. Pivotal Moments in NEC History 1899 – Nippon Electric Company, Limited (NEC) is […]
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 to Install IBM Power Systems Servers in 4 Easy Steps
ServerLIFT® data center lifts can be used to transport, position, install, and remove any of the IBM Power series of rack-mounted servers. In addition, the ServerLIFT®-brand EB2Z IBM Lift Tool is an approved, specified solution for handling and installing IBM Power Systems equipment. Below, we’ve laid out precise instructions for installing an IBM Power Systems server using a ServerLIFT® machine in 4 simple steps. The steps are as follows: Loading the IBM Power Systems server onto the ServerLIFT® Lift Tool Moving the server to its destination within the data center Positioning the server for loading into the rack Loading, installing, and final placement in the rack Because the EB2Z Lift […]
