shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site

[beckman at angryox.com (Peter Beckman)]

On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Joe Abley wrote:

> We've located a few vendors who sell shock-tolerant cabinets, but they're 
> expensive and seem to me to be aimed at people who need to ship a set of 
> equipment frequently (e.g. to support movie shoots, outside broadcasts, etc), 
> rather than people who want to ship just once.
>
> Do I even need to spend time wondering about shock-tolerant cabinets, or 
> should I instead be concentrating on finding the right company to wrap the 
> cabinets for shipping, and to do the shipping itself?

  Probably be cheaper to get shock-tolerant packing crates and use normal
  cabinets.  You'll probably learn a few hard lessons the first time around
  -- should have put in styrofoam wedges between servers, or the rackmounts
  you used didn't hold up to shipping, or your shipper isn't as careful as
  they said they'd be -- but with the right packing crates and shipping
  partner, it's doable.

  Plus the crates can be re-used, lowering your costs.

Beckman
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