ServerLIFT® recently partnered with the 阿拉斯加大学 to improve safety and efficiency in the data center by donating a brand new ServerLIFT® [SL-500C] server handling lift.
ServerLIFT®‘s Director of Sales, Steve Bashkin says, “The donation will enable this small team to make significant progress. While serving major clients, the University of Alaska is run by a professional staff. Up until now, they’ve been forced to complete projects with the help of an inadequate, warped data center lift. This team will now complete their assignments on time and move their heaviest equipment quickly, without additional problems.”
“For the first time, we will be agile enough to complete installs with just one operator on shift,” says University of Alaska’s Derek Ward, Manager, Office of IT – Data Center Operations. “We have faced a reduction in resources, specifically staffing. We are very grateful for this assistance from ServerLIFT® and their donation.”
Ward first got in touch with Bashkin and the ServerLIFT® team at the Data Center World Conference in Texas. “I didn’t even know that a lift existed until that first conversation,” notes Ward. “This reliable, pristine data center lift will allow us to execute installs across all shifts and meet important delivery goals.”
阿拉斯加最大的数据中心是位于阿拉斯加大学校园内的一个1.2万平方英尺的设施。它建于1993年，可容纳110多个机架，并为全州的客户提供服务，包括阿拉斯加卫星设施，阿拉斯加地震中心和阿拉斯加火山观测台以及阿拉斯加大学的多个分支机构。
直到最近，对于这个小型数据中心团队来说，服务器的运输，定位，安装和拆卸仍然很困难。员工人数少，起重设备不足和手动起重的结合创造了一个数据中心环境，在该环境中项目被延迟，操作员和服务器有受伤的危险。使用最大可重达400磅的旧式手动升降设备意味着每一步都需要多个操作员和危险的体力劳动。此外，他们使用的升降平台不再稳定。
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