Installing Xserve on a 2 post rack

I need an advise on how to mount the xserve on a 2 post rack.
Please help

I've had two xserves on a shelf in a telco rack and it supported it just fine, though I admit it's not ideal. As far as the xserves being too deep, I guess it just depends on the position of the rack in the room. The G4 and G5 xserves did come with mounting kits for a two post rack which is how most of my xserves are mounted.
We use a two post adapter from racksolutions.com that work out great for our few Dell servers the rest of our xserves that I installed with the four post kit and cable management kit since I will need to access them more often.
It's unfortunate that the Apple RAID and the new intel Xserves don't adapt to the two post adapter because Apple's mounting kit's rail extensions are too long and run into the telco rack in the middle.
The previous xserves extension attached to the rear of the xserve and were much shorter. They work great with the two post adapter. I do understand it's a different type of rail kit but I'd like Apple to consider those of us that have to use a two post rack. I hope there is a different kind of adapter that is compatible with the new xserve mounting kit.
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However... I couldn't fit the xserve trough the middle.
It took a little research, but it seems that apple's square holed rack kit will not in any possible way fit straight into a 6 post rack mounting system because of the thickness of the black bars.
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The new G5 one is a "lot" thicker on the sides,, it won't fit without custom modifications to either the kit or the rack itself.

Ah yes, it's the Intel version.
http://www.apple.com/xserve/
Most recent model, supplied with OSX 10.5 external rack kit.
The previous model we already have installed has the lid attachment (which fits fine).
The model we got today came with the correct attachment kit, and the rack has square holes so that's not the problem.
We got 2 windows servers, and 1 other mac-xserve parked in the rack so far.
Our rack has 6 posts rather than what most images display as using 4 posts. This way it supports a secure and stable environment for full length servers, as well as shorter cases such as a router.
The .pdf is more to show the shape of the kit, we got both servers, and the one I'm talking about is displayed on page 3, which is indeed the intel version as you pointed out.
The issue lies in the shape of the kit, which due to the plates being " ] [ " shaped, rather than " | | " shaped, refuses to fit properly between the 2 center poles of the mounting rack, as it causes these to push slightly inward and thus constraints the Xserve from sliding in neatly.
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So the only things I can think of is that either your rails are slightly too wide (or too narrow), or you're putting additional weight on top of the server and that's what's causing the sag.
For the rails solution you should realize the XServe is somewhat sensitive to the width of the mounting rails.
Despite using a standard 19" rack, there's always some variation in the widths of the mounting brackets - that's part of the tolerances built into the specification. To deal with this Apple include a spacer bar that marks the optimal width between the rails.
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Most square-hole racks use 'cage nuts' - small inserts that you lock into the square hole to give a threaded back into which you can screw standard rack screws.
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