How to Keep Your Server Room Organised

There are many reasons to desire a clean server room, the least of all being the aesthetics of your operation. Fire safety, accessibility and orderliness are all important aspects of a functional server room.

At PSS, we’re passionate about server room organisation and we offer a range of products to keep your servers and data equipment in their place. From cable management to wall-mounted data racks and free-standing solutions, these solutions are made to a high quality for longevity and peace of mind.

If you need further support on any of these products, or this article stirs an enquiry, get in touch with our friendly team and they’ll be happy to help.

Cable Management

One only needs to compare images of poor and proper cable management to realise the benefits of such a solution. (We’ve done so here, for your convenience.)

Poor cable management can get in the way of the servers themselves and make it impossible to trace a multitude of connections to their source.

By implementing some simple cable management solutions, your server room can look like a completely new space and make your job a whole lot easier.

Take Redback Racks’ 1RU & 2RU slotted duct horizontal cable runner, for example. This simple solution is perfect for guiding cables along a compact thoroughfare, instead of allowing them to fall freely to the floor.

Free-standing Racks

These handy units are the perfect edition to your server room as they allow for a more configurable set up.

The heavy-duty castors allow all our free-standing racks to be moved into place with ease, stabilising feet are also included to use once the rack is set in position. All floor standing racks can hold up to 800kg of equipment once set in place with the stabilising feet.

Choose from 18, 27 or 42RU(height) to suit your needs and accessorise the unit with a range of options. These include items like a vented metal door, fan tray, locks, plinths, cage nuts and much more.

Standard rack width is 19” internal profile and 600mm externally. If you need a little more width to allow for vertical cable management, we also offer the 800mm 42RU free-standing rack, allowing 100mm cable management either side.

Your server room will look good as new with a few free-standing racks, finished off with a powder coat for some classy aesthetics.

Wall Mounted Racking System

In the case of a smaller office that lacks space for a dedicated server room, a wall mounted rack may be the solution for you.

These handy solutions lift electrical equipment off the floor, making room for everything else.

Wall mounted data racks come in 6, 12 and 18RU (height) with the option of a 450mm deep rack or an added swing frame for convenient cable access, taking the rack to 600mm deep.

Contact Us

PSS has proudly distributed Redback Racks and accessories for years and our experience in the industry allows us to offer the support to complement these superior products.

Get in touch to learn what product might suit your application and how we can best serve your business.

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What to Look for in Custom-built Data Racks

When you’re investing in custom-built data racks to store your equipment, you want to know that it ticks all your boxes. This can include a range of accessories, short lead times and high-quality materials from higher-quality manufacturers.

At Redback Racks, we believe we can satisfy every need and pair it with the service that will keep your electrical equipment running for the long term.

If you need any more support after reading this article, get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

Range of Accessories

Run-of-the-mill racks are easy to come by, but it’s the added value of market leaders that make your decision for you.

Our custom-built racks are weatherproof, IP66-rated, and reliably sealed with a polyurethane gasket – all features that you should come to expect from competent racking.

But Redback Racks goes one step further – our enclosures come with the optional addition of several accessories. These include pole clamps, a plinth, fans, aircons, and vented doors.

Short Lead Times

It’s no use ordering a custom-built electrical enclosure when it won’t arrive for months. Redback Racks enables short lead times on our custom built range as they are all manufactured in Australia.

High-quality Materials

Our weatherproof racks are made from Aluminium to ensure their quality, and we manufacture them in Australia for the same reason.

This fact ensures longevity against harsh Australian conditions and keeps the products close to their makers in case of quick returns and exchanges. But the true proof of their quality is in the rating of our products.

Take this 12RU Aluminium Weather Proof Rack, for example. Its IP66 rating means that it is dust and waterproof. That’s why our enclosures are trusted on highly important sites such as mine sites and hospitals.

Contact PSS

To learn more about our custom-built data racks, get in touch with the PSS team and we’ll be sure to provide all the support you need.

After all, your business deserves the best in custom enclosures and we’re proud to offer exactly that!

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IP Ratings

IP (or “Ingress Protection”) ratings are defined in international standard EN 60529 (British BS EN 60529:1992, European IEC 60509:1989). They are used to define levels of sealing effectiveness of electrical enclosures against intrusion from foreign bodies (tools, dirt etc.) and moisture.

First Digit  = Indicates Dust resistance, or intrusion protection i.e. the size of partial that can enter the enclosure – “1” – Being the lowest , having little or no protection and “7” being the highest, totally dust proof.

Second Digit = water or moisture protection i.e.  “1” Being the lowest , having little or no protection and “9” being the highest, protected against prolonged effects of immersion under pressure.