Re: Rack rails on network equipment

[Alain Hebert <ahebert () pubnix net>]

    Hi,

    In my opinion:

        That time you take to rack devices with classic rail can be 
viewed as a bounding moment and, while appreciated by the device, will 
reducing downtime issues on the long run that you may have if you just 
rack & slap 'em.

    It is also Friday =D.

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Alain Hebert                                ahebert () pubnix net
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On 9/24/21 12:56 PM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote:
> On 9/24/21 10:37 AM, Andrey Khomyakov wrote:
> > So ultimately my question to you all is how much do you care about 
> > the speed of racking and unracking equipment and do you tell your 
> > suppliers that you care? How much does the time it takes to install 
> > or replace a switch impact you?
> >
> > I was having a conversation with a vendor and was pushing hard on the 
> > fact that their switches will end up being actually costlier for me 
> > long term just because my switch replacement time quadruples at 
> > least, thus requiring me to staff more remote hands. Am I 
> > overthinking this and artificially limiting myself by excluding 
> > vendors who don't ship with toolless rails (which is all of them now 
> > except Dell)?
>
> My 2¢ opinion / drive by comment while in the break room to get coffee 
> and a doughnut is:
>
> Why are you letting -- what I think is -- a relatively small portion 
> of the time spent interacting with a device influence the choice of 
> the device?
>
> In the grand scheme of things, where will you spend more time 
> interacting with the device; racking & unracking or administering the 
> device throughout it's life cycle?  I would focus on the larger 
> portion of those times.
>
> Sure, automation is getting a lot better.  But I bet that your network 
> administrators will spend more than an hour interacting with the 
> device over the multiple years that it's in service.  As such, I'd 
> give the network administrators more input than the installers racking 
> & unracking.  If nothing else, break it down proportionally based on 
> time and / or business expense for wages therefor.
>
> > Thanks for your time in advance!
>
> The coffee is done brewing and I have a doughnut, so I'll take my 
> leave now.
>
> Have a good day ~> weekend.