What is a cabinet? Many people think of a cabinet as a cabinet for holding IT equipment. Cabinets are cabinets, but not just that. With the development of computer and network technology, IT facilities such as servers and network communication equipment in data centers are developing in the direction of miniaturization, networking, and racking. This has brought new changes to the construction model of data centers. The cabinet is gradually becoming one of the protagonists in this change. For data centers, cabinets are becoming an important part of them. Cabinets are widely used in the stacking of computer network equipment, wireless communication equipment, and electronic equipment. The cabinet has the advantages of enhancing electromagnetic shielding, reducing equipment noise, and reducing equipment floor area. Some high-end cabinets also have air filtration. The function and effect of the quality of the working environment of the equipment.

With the development of data center construction towards the direction of overall availability, the demand for cabinet management in the computer room is increasing day by day. It is foreseeable that a cabinet solution that fully meets the needs of data centers and has future scalability will be able to better solve users’ problems and improve the management level of users’ IT systems. Factors that users should consider when purchasing cabinets :

Choose the desired enclosure type. If you buy it to store switches, routers, etc., you should buy a network cabinet. This kind of cabinet has better wiring grooves and is equipped with panel brush strips, which are easier to install; if you buy it to place servers, buy servers. The cooling effect of this type of cabinet will be better in comparison. How to distinguish these two cabinets? It can be judged by the cabinet door lock. Of course, this judgment method is suitable for most situations. The door lock of the server cabinet has a groove, and the key can open the door directly by pressing the groove to open it; while the door lock of the network cabinet has a handle, and you need to turn the handle to open the door after opening the door with the key.

Choose the size that fits the cabinet. Before purchasing a cabinet, you must first calculate the size of the computer room space. Next, list all the equipment to be installed in the cabinet and their complete measurement data: length, width, height, and weight. The total height of these devices will ultimately determine how much equipment can fit into the cabinet. Obviously, taller cabinets can hold more equipment and save space. However, the higher the price of the cabinet will be relatively high, so you can’t blindly pursue the size of the cabinet, you should leave a little extra space to meet the actual use at this stage.