Equipment Rack Spacing

[zalaska]

Hello all. We will be running cat5e cabling to enclosed server racks. These racks are 7' high and 36" deep. There will be 6 rows of 4 cabinets per row (total or 24 cabinets). My question is, what is the standard distance that is supposed to be between each row? Thanks...

 

[Dexman]

I'm not at the office right now, but I think we have 2 rows of raised floor tiles between the rows of equipment frames.

If it ain't broke, I haven't fixed it yet.

 

[wires]

These racks are 7' high and 36" deep."

So you would need a minimum of 4 feet between the racks. That way you could get a 36" piece of equipment out with 6" per side free space.

 

[mikeydidit]

http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/CCHL-77GMPE_R0_EN.pdf

Starting on page 16.

This is a link to APC. Their is a free download in here for "data center design. " It says it includes floor plans so this may be of some help to you.

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