Standing MS and MX hardware on top of each other

[Pugmiester]

Hi all,

This is a physical and environmental question more than anything fancy.

We have a site with a small data rack and until their old hardware is stripped out to make space, we are looking to stand an MS-120-8 and 2 x MX64's on top of each other. The rack is in an A/C controlled room so there's a reasonable supply of cooling available.

Is that likely to cause any issues with temperature or performance in the short term?

[PhilipDAth · Accepted solution]

You should be fine. They have rubber feet on the bottom of them to provide sufficient spacing to allow the heat out.

[Pugmiester]

That's what I was thinking Philip. It's a small site with a whopping 20Mbps internet feed and 30 staff so I can't imagine they are going to generate enough load to make a difference.

[MarcP]

Did exactly the same with MS120 + 2 MX65, without AC... working since several month without any problems.

[Pugmiester]

Great stuff, thanks Marc.

[NolanHerring]

Works fine for me at home. Also have a cat adding heat to it, and it performs.

[Pugmiester]

ha ha ha, yeah I think we have more airflow that the cat would allow so we should be OK.

[MerakiDave]

Agree with previous posts, you're in the Meraki green, no worries!  Just wanted to add one thought.  We have had customers with small stacks of 3 or 4 pieces of equipment like that right on top of one another, but NOT in an air-conditioned or even well ventilated room.  For US$8 they purchased a USB flexible fan stick and plugged it into the USB port of the MX64, and coiled/pointed it to pass air between the equipment.  Worked great, and the before/after was a difference of over 30 degrees F.