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Permanent case for shipping 2U servers?

I am responsible for our companys server infrastructure at trade shows. We have 2 annual shows, 1 in Las Vegas and 1 in Amsterdam, so obviously our servers do quite a bit of travelling.

Quite often, it gets home with pieces falling off, and insurance/rebuilding takes ages and cost a lot of money.

For now I have been using a wooden rack-box, with steel-reinforced sides/corners, but I am looking for something tougher.

Does anyone have experience with sending servers all around the world, without them dieing all the time?

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Yes. For standalone servers, I've used standard wood/aluminum ATA-rated flight cases. That's nice for situations where the end-recipient will assemble the server and you're just looking for a nice reusable case. Shipping demo equipment is a good use-case for this.

For portable installations like trade shows, etc., I've used shock-absorbing ATA cases. These cost twice as much as standard cases, but are worth it if you need to send an entire system stack (server, networking, etc.) to a location pre-configured.

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