Data Center Rack

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What Does Data Center Rack Mean?

A data center rack is a type of physical steel and electronic framework that is designed to house servers, networking devices, cables and other data center computing equipment.

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This physical structure provides equipment placement and orchestration within a data center facility.

Techopedia Explains Data Center Rack

A data center rack is primarily designed to house servers in different form factors (such as rack-mounted or blade servers). Although they are mainly designed to hold servers, some are designed to hold other components, such as:

  • Networking equipment
  • Telecommunication equipment
  • Cooling systems
  • UPS

Each rack is generally prefabricated with slots for connecting electrical, networking and Internet cables. Data center racks are created using a systematic design, and are classified based on their capacity or the number of bays – essentially, the amount of equipment they can hold.

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