Rack units for equipment is considered maximum dimensions.
12u rack dimensions in mm.
One rack unit u is 1 75 inches.
The 42u rack is completely customizable and can handle even the heaviest loads up.
Glass doors removable sides and cable openings both at the top and at the bottom make installation and usage of the cabinet easier.
The industry standard for data centers the 42u universal server rack is compatible with a wide variety of servers and rack mountable networking equipment including dell hp austin hughes ibm kendall howard great lakes martin enclosures chatsworth and apc products.
To see the specific dimensions please view the individual rack page.
In practice devices are often made slightly smaller than the specified u value to allow a little space.
The rack unit is a standard measurement for server height.
A single rack unit is exactly 1 75 44 45 mm in height although many manufacturers will make their equipment slightly smaller than this to ease installation into racks where things were.
A rack unit abbreviated u or ru is a unit of measure defined as 1 3 4 inches 44 45 mm.
When leasing space in a colocation facility or planning for an on site network cabinet or closet customers should focus on four key issues.
Ideal for installing headends for various kinds of equipment also in home systems.
With a couple of additional inches and rack units you may also want to consider 13u server racks.
It is most frequently used as a measurement of the overall height of 19 inch and 23 inch rack frames as well as the height of equipment that mounts in these frames whereby the height of the frame or equipment is expressed as multiples of rack units for example a typical full size rack cage is 42u.
A u or rack unit is a measurement of the height of a piece of computer or network gear that is designed to fit into a standard 19 or 23 rack.
For ease in comparison depth and width are shown here with rounded external rack dimensions.