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The folks that run the colo I keep our servers in would beat me to death with a shoe if I did either of these things: - Mount something in a rack not firmly at
by yabones 6mo ago
The folks that run the colo I keep our servers in would beat me to death with a shoe if I did either of these things:
- Mount something in a rack not firmly attached to brackets or a shelf
- Install anything with a battery larger than you'd find in a RAID card
Not to mention all the other ways this is sub-par in terms of airflow, density, serviceability, out-of-band management, etc.
I get the allure of it, but I wouldn't really want my gear anywhere near a bunch of laptops stuck in a cabinet.
- hsbauauvhabzb 6mo agoIt’s not about your battery, it’s the battery in all the other laptops that would have me concerned. Plenty of fire risk.
- justinclift 6mo agoNot just the batteries. User supplied power bricks sounds like an incredibly bad idea at pretty much any scale.
- hsbauauvhabzb 6mo agoWait, power bricks are a fire hazard?
- nmbrskeptix 6mo agoUser supplied ones are. Frayed wires galore
- justinclift 6mo agoYep. Reputably manufactured ones (Dell, HP, Apple, etc) are probably fine. But the cheapo replacement ones that you see people buy from Amazon, Ali Express, Ebay, etc... can be really not good. :(
- freehorse 6mo agoNot sure why the comment above is downvoted, but I have been twice in the same room with somebody's power brick starting producing fumes while dying.
- precommunicator 6mo agoThey say: > We might modify your laptop to remove or power down the battery