StarTech.com 2-Post 8U Open Frame Wall Mount Netwo
Original price was: $192.99.$168.99Current price is: $168.99.
Price: $192.99 - $168.99
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This wall-mount rack provides 8U of space for mounting your servers or A/V equipment to a wall. The rack also has a built-in shelf to create a sturdy surface for storing equipment that is not rack-mountable. Customize your setup The wall-mount bracket features an adjustable mounting depth of 12 inches to 18 inches as well as a dual-position 12 in. shelf that can be at either the top or the bottom depending on rack’s positioning. These two features allow you to customize both depth and layout to best fit your equipment and cables, ensuring that the rack suits your space. Make the most of your available space The 8U rack wall mounting feature allows you to free up desk or floor space — perfect for your SoHo (small office, home office) environment, server room or any other location with limited space available. Ensure a secure and hassle-free installation The wall rack is constructed of solid steel to ensure a sturdy and safe mounting solution for your mission-critical equipment and with the wall mounting holes positioned 16″ apart, it exactly matches standard drywall construction framework, to ensure simple and secure wall-stud anchoring.
For hassle-free equipment installation, the rack features 10-32 tapped rails, so you can mount your equipment directly to the rail and avoid the hassle of using cage nuts. Save money, with a cost-effective, compact shipping package The wall-mount rack comes in a flat-packed box to reduce shipping volume, which significantly reduces your costs in shipping while also providing greater protection than offered by pre-assembled racks. Packaged efficiently, you can easily store and transport the rack for deployment at a later date or in a different location than where it’s received.
The WALLSHELF8U is backed by a StarTech.
ADJUSTABLE DEPTH: 2-Post 8U wall-mount server rack features an adjustable depth of 12″ to 18″ (30,0cm to 45,7cm) as well as a dual-position 12″ shelf that can be installed at the top or the bottom of the rack
HASSLE-FREE INSTALLATION: the wall mount network rack features 10-32 tapped rails for hassle-free IT equipment installation; Directly mount your equipment to the rail without using any cage nuts
STURDY AND SAFE: the open post wall rack is constructed of solid steel to ensure a sturdy and safe mounting solution for your equipment; Wall mounting holes positioned 16″ (40cm) apart to match standard NA drywall framework; EIA/ECA-310-E Compliant
PERFECT FOR SMALL SPACES: The wall mounting feature allows you to free up desk or floor space, making the data rack ideal for your small home / office (SoHo) environment, or any other location with limited space available
THE IT PRO’S CHOICE: Designed and built for IT Professionals, this TAA compliant wall mount bracket is backed for life, including free lifetime 24/5 multi-lingual technical assistance
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Original price was: $192.99.$168.99Current price is: $168.99.
Marie –
Good enough to meet the demands of a female techie 😉
This is not the type of item that you are going to find in a standard household. But it is a type of product that you’ll find in a special breed of self taught techies and makers and there’s a small, but growing minority of us that happen to be female. So this review is from a female techie perspective that needed things to meet very specific requirements.The StarTech 8 RU wall-mount unit (WALLSHELF8U) is extremely well made overall, I was impressed by the overall quality (except for the lag bolts included). It’s especially good if you only have a small space to work with and your needs are modest. Unfortunately, the unit will not work with the majority of servers without some creative modification as the maximum depth is only 18″ fully extended. However, in my case this rack turned out to be perfect for my needs and exceeded my expectations.I reviewed many small wall-mount racks before I finally settled on this one. The turning point for me was that the depth of the rack is adjustable so it was helpful in my case since I had some rack mountable devices that were between 12 and 18 inches deep. 3/4 of the overall rack can be easily adjusted from a 12″ to 18″ depth, the rest of the rack is limited to a 12″ depth.Mounting the rack can be a bit challenging if you’re doing alone and a somewhat small person like me. However, I was able to securely mount it to the wall solo by setting it on a step ladder while i mounted it to the wall. The mounting template turned out to be a very nice touch and made mounting much easier for me. It may be a small touch, but if you’re mounting this rack alone it is very helpful. The rack is heavy. You still need a level, but it’s much easier to use a level with a lightweight template than trying to get a heavy wall-mount level afterwards. I can’t say enough about the small touch of adding the template as an installation aid.The only thing I didn’t like was the size of the mounting screws which I thought were too shallow for my mounting needs. Therefore, I did purchase larger anchor bolts than what was provided (the ones provided seemed a bit small to me for the amount of weight I was planning to put on it. I decided not to use a backer-board as I didn’t see any real benefit. Instead I purchased some polyurethane and nickel platted washers to place between the rack and the wall which in the end looked much cleaner than going a backer-board route.The rack itself is extremely well built and solid – I am a fairly small lady, but it supported my full weight after it was mounted which exceeds the manufactures specifications. I also liked the spacing and positioning of the tie-off points. I very picky about cable management and the placement of tie-off points definitely makes cable management easier for me, but it would have been nice if there were some tie-off points on the side interior and exterior as opposed to just the interior back.
Eric –
Sturdy and works well
This is just the rack I needed. I replaced a non-depth-adjustable 4U rack with this one so that I could fit a full depth switch, and I’m very happy. The built-in shelf is a great feature to increase the rigidity of the rack and provide extra surface for gadgets without mounting brackets. It was fairly easy to assemble, though the directions specified the wrong screws in one step and some of the screws were difficult to get to start (I think the powder coat may have been applied after the threads were tapped). I would definitely buy this rack again if I needed to mount 4U on a wall somewhere else.
My experiences –
works as advertiseed
what I like1. surdy build quality2. comes with everything you need to put it together other than tools.3. I like the bottom shelf which adds to the rigidity and a good place to put non rack mount devices such as a cable modem.4. I like that the rack itself is threaded and doesn’t require nuts to hold the thing together. I am also very pleased that they didn’t cheap out and use self-tapping (aka Self-stripping) screws to hold it together.All in all good quality for the money.What I don’t like1. I wish there were some strategically placed holes on the sides to provide access to the back of a patch panel.On the fence about this productI think it was cleaver to allow the face to slide in and out from the back. This is very helpful if the rack mounted hardware is of different depths. I’m on the fence about this mainly because if it’s going in a tight space and the screws on the side aren’t accessible. it’s pretty much a worthless feature.What I really don’t likeone side of the rack is not hinged.It would be nice if one side of the rack was hinged so a patch panel can be swung out to punch down wires.As it stands, the patch panel has to be removed, which makes punching down wires a bit of a faff – trying to hold the patch panel securely, and punch the wires down. a Real pain in the butt.Granted I will accept responsibility for what I really don’t like because I didn’t think about the hinge when purchasing. If I did, I probably would not have purchased this product.If the product had a hinge and holes on the side to gain access to the back of the back of a patch panel, then I’d give 5+ stars.
ThenTheresThisGuy –
Great for DIY home networking project
Used this in my basement for a rack-mount Unifi switch, power panel, keystone panel, and the Unifi USG, cable modem, and Raspberry Pi (all on the shelf). It works perfectly and is very sturdy. Mounting holes line up with 16″ OC wall studs. I put 1/2″ spacers between the rack and the wall and bought some longer 2-1/2″ lag screws to make sure everything is secure. The spacers let me run wire down from the ceiling behind the rack and through the back opening into the keystone panel. The shelf is super convenient for the non-rackmount bits and bobs. No complaints at all about this product.
Cosmo –
Great value, but run a tap through the screw holes first
Very sturdy, heavy-gauge metal. Be sure to run a 10-32 tap through all the screw holes first. When the panels are made they cut them to shape, bend them and tap the screw holes. Then the panels are powder-coated/painted which gums up the threads. This is common to all brands, not just StarTech. If you don’t clean out the screw threads first, you run the risk of cross-threading the screw and/or stripping out the holes. Not the end of the world but mighty inconvenient. This rack is a great value.
snoshi –
the startech stuff is great – sturdy / well built and easy to put together. they last
Mario –
Great quality
Roby –
Arrivato nei tempi previsti con un buon imballo per le condizioni erano perfette, cosa non scontata quando si tratta di oggetti di metallo. I pesci erano singolarmente protetti da buste di nylon e strati di pannolini di polistirolo. In fatti non presentavano né graffi né ammaccature. Il montaggio é abbastanza semplice ed intuitivo con istruzioni non chiarissime ma comprensibili velocemente.Arriva con tutte le viti a corredo per il montaggio del rack e anche quelle per il montaggio degli apparato che non sono le classiche viti con gabbietta bensì delle viti autofilettanti che si inseriscono nei buchi predisposti. E qui la prima piccola nota negativa: se é un rack da 4 posizioni uno si aspetterebbe di trovare 16 viti non 12. Altra piccola nota negativa: sebbene nel suo complesso il rack sia abbastanza robusto, uno spessore maggiore dei laterali regolabili sarebbe stata gradita, sebbene una volta fissati gli apparati ovviamente non si muovono né flettono. Nel complesso un buon pack da usare sia a muro che appoggiato su un piano per piccole esigenze e per chi ha poco spazio. Io personalmente l’ho usato per poter installare un apparato di ridondanza ed un NAS da rack che avevano una profondità maggiore del mio armadio e per avere dello spazio aggiuntivo posizionandolo sopra di esso e non fissato a muro. E’ stata una soluzione economica e rapida piuttosto che cambiare tutto l’armadio di rete. Consigliato come tutti i prodotti StarTech che sono sempre molto affidabili
JaySan –
Ordered this rack and came with no hardware in the box (screws…), emailed Amazon about it and they sent me another rack next-day. Great customer service from Amazon!The rack itself is a quality product, easy to assemble, very sturdy. Would recommend this product. Price could be a bit lower, but quality is there so the higher price is justified.
Jamie Blicker –
The rack is solid. The instructions incorrectly advise to use the mounting screws to assemble the rack (should indicate to use silver assembly screws). The screws do not feed smoothly as the tap has been contaminated by the powder coat. Careful not to strip the threads. Overall, the rack is decent but I feel that it is quite expensive for what you get.