Has anyone been able to compare these 2 options in person? We currently have open freestanding 2 post racks in pretty much all IDF locations, for ease of cabling. These have 2-3 switches and about 300 cables in each. We're bringing up 5 new IDFs in a facility expansion and it's been requested that we spec enclosed racks for these. The suggestion was to use the HPE racks that we use for servers, but the idea of putting a lot of cables into those is tantamount to torture. I'm hoping the APC is better, as it seems to have a pretty good reputation around here and /r/sysadmin.
We would be racking about six 48 port patch panels, three 48 port switches, at least 1 (probably 2) rackmount UPSs, some analog PA equipment like an amplifier, etc, and possibly other equipment like a NAS or who knows what else. I'm sure that there's going to be a heat issue thanks to a 500w+ amplifier in each cabinet. Front side cable management is a must.
I'm trying to make a case for the APC, or something else besides the HP cabinets, and looking for recommendations for something that's more friendly to large amounts of cabling.
HP rack spec sheet - http://ift.tt/2EcIVvf
APC netshelter link - http://ift.tt/2b0evij
Thanks!
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