Re: Stacking 5094s

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> IBM doesn't allow you to upgrade 5094's, because it is physically humanly
> impossible to lift one of those suckers.
Seems Like Paul and I should be able to use our combined bulk and height 
to do something usefull.  ;-)

Seriously though, fully loaded that thing goes over 600 lbs (280 Kgs for 
those outside the US or 44 Stone in case you wondered) To safely lift 
and mount that much weight requires some serious equipment that's just 
not practical to have in the field. You could safely do it with a lift 
truck but even a small lift truck would go right through the computer 
room floor. So there you have your basic catch-22.

> There was a company that made a product called something like "Stacker/400"
> when the "Advanced Series came out using lot's of floor space, but I am
> unsure of it's status today.
I saw that stuff around too but haven't seen any of it in several years. 
They had a fairly handy lift that you rolled a cabinet on and then 
cranked it up with your basic hand winch and then rolled it out onto the 
desired level.

- Larry

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