rack-mounted

Bolted into enclosure

Rack-mounted describes equipment designed to be installed in a standardized rack, typically a metal frame with rails spaced 19 inches apart.

The term appears most often in computing and audio contexts: rack-mounted servers, rack-mounted amplifiers.

Equipment is measured in rack units (U), each 1.75 inches tall.

The design allows dense, organized installation of multiple devices in data centers, recording studios, and telecommunications facilities.

installation

rails

Guiding metal bars

screws · shelf · grounding

server

blade

Flat cutting edge

  • chassisStructural support base
  • enclosureConfined, bordered space
  • KVMMulti-system input sharing device

UPS · hot-swap · backplane · rails · ventilation · virtualization · colocation · hypervisor

audio

amplifier

Signal-strengthening electronic device

mixer · effects · limiter · crossover · interface · converter · processor · synthesizer · sampler · reverb

network

switch

Circuit-breaking toggle device

gateway · hub · modem · NIC · VLAN

industrial

PLC

Industrial automation computer

Opposites
mounting/installation method

rack-mountedfreestanding

Not attached to anything

standalone · desktop · wall-mounted · tower · tabletop

portability/mobility

rack-mountedportable

Able to be carried

mobile · handheld · laptop · wireless · self-contained

physical form factor

rack-mountedall-in-one

Combined into one unit

modular · compact · blade

Family

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Top 500,000
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