Standard 19 Inch Rack Sizes

Server racks have their own measuring unit which is associated with the height of the device that will be installed.

Standard 19 inch rack sizes.

Each u or rack unit is equivalent of 1 75 and is used as the standard terminology for describing sizes with 19 inch rack cabinets. Eia standard 19 rack rails. A rack unit abbreviated u or ru is a unit of measure defined as 1 3 4 inches 44 45 mm. Single and double gang electrical plate dimensions.

1 16 of over 1 000 results for 19 inch rack dimensions navepoint server cabinet case 19 inch rack mount dj locking lockable deep drawer with key 4u. Most rack mounted equipment especially servers have a mounting width of 19 inches measured from one hole to another. Hole spacing is either on 1 inch 25 mm centers western electric standard or the same as for 19 inch 482 6 mm racks 0 625 in or 15 9 mm spacing. The size denotes the width of the faceplate for the installed equipment.

Sidewalls split rear doors. This specification standardizes several important features of 19 racks such as the rack unit ru or u vertical hole spacing horizontal hole spacing rack opening and front panel width. A 24 inch exterior width works well. 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.

Get it as soon as thu aug 6. The specification also sets tolerances on each of these dimensions. The rack unit is a measure of vertical spacing and is common to both the 19 and 23 inch racks. Free shipping by amazon.

What is a u or rack unit. The most common standard server rack width is 19 inches. While the width can only have two sizes 19 or 23 inches the first one being the standard and most common the height increases by a rate of 1 75 inches and this quantity is called rack unit or just u. 19 rack equipment dimensional data.

42u universal rack dimensions. 19 rack equipment dimensional data as specified by bs5954 1980 and iec 297 1975. Many racks today come with a exterior width of 24 inches. The 19 inch 480 mm standard rack arrangement is widely used throughout the telecommunication computing audio entertainment and other industries though the western electric 23 inch standard with holes on 1 inch 25 mm centers prevails in telecommunications.

Thus the rack must be 19 inches across in order to fit this technology. The eia 310 specification has been the 19 racks standard for equipment for 50 years. 39 37 41 34 racks in other dimensions are available. 4 4 out of 5 stars 140.

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