They allow for dense hardware configurations without occupying excessive floorspace or requiring shelving.' The industry standard rack cabinet is 42U tall.ġ9-inch racks in 2-post or 4-post form hold most equipment in modern data centers, ISP facilities and professionally designed corporate server rooms. The height of the electronic modules is also standardized as multiples of 1.75 inches (44.45 mm) or one rack unit or U (less commonly RU).
Each module has a front panel that is 19 inches (482.6 mm) wide, including edges or ears that protrude on each side which allow the module to be fastened to the rack frame with screws.Įquipment designed to be placed in a rack is typically described as rack-mount, rack-mount instrument, a rack mounted system, a rack mount chassis, subrack, rack mountable, or occasionally simply shelf.
'A 19-inch rack is a standardized frame or enclosure for mounting multiple equipment modules. The vector stencils library 'Rack diagrams' contains 33 rack design elements for drawing the computer network server rack diagrams.
