Rack Mount for Mac Pro

**Steve Tammi** · 06-13-2007, 10:57 AM

I did a little bit of internet checking and there doesn't seem to be an option for rack mounting the Mac Pro. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

Steve

**Nick Shaw** · 06-13-2007, 12:27 PM

I don't think there is a dedicated rack mount kit, but most computers work fine mounted on their sides.

**Dominique Grenier** · 06-13-2007, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Tammi

I did a little bit of internet checking and there doesn't seem to be an option for rack mounting the Mac Pro. Am I missing something?

Are you looking for rack mounting it in a proper rack, or something like that could do? MacCuff Pro by Sonnet

**vanguy** · 06-13-2007, 12:54 PM

Here's sort of a solution, but you have to buy their rack:

http://www.custom-consoles.com/Rackmount-Mac-g5.php

**Curran Giddens** · 06-13-2007, 02:14 PM

I have one made by Marathon computers, but it looks like they don't exist anymore. I can mount 2 G5's or Mac Pro's vertically in a 19" rack.

**Steve Tammi** · 06-13-2007, 03:22 PM

I have a 19" rack. I can get cases for hard disk arrays and PCs all day long. I don't have any experience with the Mac Pro yet. More then likely I will be adding a Mac Pro to my arsenal and was hoping Apple had a standard rack mount case for the Mac Pro. Guess I can add a shelf and stand it up. :-/

Steve

**Cail Young** · 06-13-2007, 05:17 PM

Marathon used to make a mount for PowerMac G5s, but you would have to saw the handles off as the case is too tall to fit horizontally in a 19" rack.

**Curran Giddens** · 06-14-2007, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by cailyoung

Marathon used to make a mount for PowerMac G5s, but you would have to saw the handles off as the case is too tall to fit horizontally in a 19" rack.

I got one from Marathon that mounts 2 vertically (no need to saw off handles), but it is like 6U!

**Cail Young** · 06-14-2007, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by Curran Giddens

I got one from Marathon that mounts 2 vertically (no need to saw off handles), but it is like 6U!

Way more than 6U, more like 12-14U; Remember the Xserve is 1U high.

**M Most** · 06-14-2007, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by Steve Tammi

I did a little bit of internet checking and there doesn't seem to be an option for rack mounting the Mac Pro. Am I missing something?

Yes. You're missing Apple's insistence that if you want a rack mounted Mac, you buy an XServe, whether it meets your technical needs or not.

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