Southco
Southco said its new RA Rack Attach helps prevent downtime in AI-generating servers with its strength and design.
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Southco
Southco said its new RA Rack Attach helps prevent downtime in AI-generating servers with its strength and design.
Global components manufacturer Southco has introduced the RA Rack Attach, which the company said replaces traditional screws that normally secure a server blade to a rack.
Instead, those screws are used to attach the RA to the blade, and an integrated pawl secures the blade to the rack.
As the race for the best AI technology heats up, Southco said manufacturers are turning to liquid immersion cooling to stabilize the servers of the future. While this technology provides far superior cooling properties compared to traditional fans, it also brings a new set of challenges, particularly around maintenance. Server blades are packed extremely tightly in a small space and immersed in liquid coolant, which can make it difficult to remove a single blade for service.
During maintenance, screws can be dropped and lost in the enclosure and hands can slip on slick metal as technicians try to lift heavy, liquid-covered hardware. These mishaps risk costly damage to server blades and, more importantly, loss of server uptime.
Southco said with its new component, the pawl retracts when a technician presses an integrated trigger in the Rack Attach handle, providing easy release from the rack, and a secure grip for the technician as they lift out the blade in one fluid motion. The company added that with screws no longer slowing down maintenance, it will increase uptime for servers.
With space at a premium in these liquid-cooled server racks, the RA Rack Attach device is only 7mm thick. But its steel construction enables it to support 50kg of weight.
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