Re: Dear NANOG Gods

[Joe Abley <jabley () hopcount ca>]

Since some people were interested (on- and off-list), see below.

On 2013-05-21, at 15:32, Mehmet Akcin <mehmet () icann org> wrote:

> hey there
>
> we have a case from http://www.skbcases.com 20U 20" 
>
> they are really reliable (been using them since 6 years, shipped meeting equipment for ICANN before and also servers 
> as joe mentioned below
>
> let me know how we can help
>
> mehmet
>
> On May 21, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Joe Abley <joe.abley () icann org> wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > Do you remember where you bought those flight cases we used to ship Dell 1Us around the place?
> >
> > People on NANOG want to know :-)
> >
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Jason Faraone <JFaraone () paulo com>
> > > Subject: RE: Dear NANOG Gods
> > > Date: 21 May 2013 15:10:32 EDT
> > > To: 'Joe Abley' <jabley () hopcount ca>, Warren Bailey <wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com>
> > > Cc: NANOG list <nanog () nanog org>
> > >
> > > Would you happen to have a link for a flight case that would fit a 1-2u server? I was in the same situation a few 
> > > days ago and ran the risky proposition of building my own box.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joe Abley [mailto:jabley () hopcount ca] 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:56 PM
> > > To: Warren Bailey
> > > Cc: NANOG list
> > > Subject: Re: Dear NANOG Gods
> > >
> > > Hi Warren,
> > >
> > > On 2013-05-21, at 14:48, Warren Bailey <wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I need to ship some Dell servers, and my google skills have gotten me nowhere. Is there a decent place to find 
> > > > standard server size shipping boxes? Located in Socal if anyone has an extra or two.. ;)
> > >
> > > The last time I had to ship a box myself I went to the local UPS Canada office, since they evidently will pack and 
> > > ship rather than just ship.
> > >
> > > The last time we had to ship a number of (Dell, actually) boxes from ICANN in LA we bought some flight cases that 
> > > we could rack the servers into. Our thought was to go for reusable, rather than one-off (and we had doubts about 
> > > the state of the boxes upon arrival if they weren't securely packed; a flight case with 19" rails inside seemed 
> > > like a good bet).
> > >
> > > We found the flight cases with only minimal googling, but if you're having trouble Mehmet could no doubt hook you 
> > > up.
> > >
> > > And if you're close to El Segundo and we can get the flight case back when you're done, you could probably just 
> > > borrow ours :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe