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A rack system is disclosed. The racks and the computer systems included within the racks have a shallow configuration. The racks are placed next to one another in a back-to-back configuration in which the backs of each of the racks are adjacent to one another. All of the user-accessible components o

A rack system is disclosed. The racks and the computer systems included within the racks have a shallow configuration. The racks are placed next to one another in a back-to-back configuration in which the backs of each of the racks are adjacent to one another. All of the user-accessible components of the computers system face toward the front of each rack. The heated air from each of the computer systems is expelled in the space between each of the racks. The space between each of the racks is relatively narrow, as there are no user-accessible components between the racks. The racks are coupled to one another with a bar that may include at least some spring action to accommodate some movement of the racks toward or away from one another without the tipping of either rack.

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1. A rack system for housing multiple computer systems, comprising a plurality of adjacent rows of racks;a plurality of end caps, wherein the end caps cover the side opening of each rack at the end of the rows of racks, wherein the end caps prevent heated air from escaping;a first rack in a first po

1. A rack system for housing multiple computer systems, comprising a plurality of adjacent rows of racks;a plurality of end caps, wherein the end caps cover the side opening of each rack at the end of the rows of racks, wherein the end caps prevent heated air from escaping;a first rack in a first portion of a first row of the rows of racks, wherein the first rack is sized to house multiple computer systems, and wherein the depth of the first rack is at most twenty inches;second rack in a second portion of a first row of the rows of racks coupled to the first rack, wherein the second rack is sized to house multiple computer systems, wherein the depth of the second rack is at most twenty inches, and wherein the first rack is coupled to a second rack through a bar member coupled between the first rack and a second rack, wherein the bar member includes spring action in both compressive and extensive directions, and wherein the bar member compensates for a movement of the second rack, by compressing or extending, without causing a corresponding movement in the first rack when the first rack and second rack are each loaded with multiple computer systems;a hot aisle, wherein the hot aisle is between the first portion and the second portion of the first row by the back-to-back configuration of the first rack and the second rack;a third rack in a second row of the rows of racks adjacent to the coupled first rack and second rack, wherein the third rack is sized to house multiple computer systems, wherein the depth of the third rack is at least thirty-six inches; anda cool aisle, wherein the cool aisle separates each of the adjacent rows of racks, and wherein the front side of the first rack and the front side of the third rack faces the cool aisle;wherein the first rack and the second rack are coupled to one another in a back-to-back configuration, and wherein all of the user-accessible controls of each of the computer systems are accessible through the front side of each of the respective racks,wherein the depth of the third rack is greater than the depth of the back-to-back configuration of the first rack and the second; andwherein the third rack is independent of the first and second racks. 2. The rack system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the first rack and the second rack is at least eight inches. 3. The rack system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the first rack and the second rack is at most eight inches. 4. The rack system of claim 1, wherein heated air generated by the computer systems is expelled in the space between the first rack and the second rack. 5. The rack system of claim 1, wherein heated air generated by the computer systems is not expelled toward the front side of the respective racks. 6. The rack system of claim 1, wherein the bar member prevents the first rack and the second rack from tipping towards each other. 7. The rack system of claim 1, wherein the bar member limits a movement of the first rack and the second rack toward one another. 8. The rack system of claim 1, wherein the bar member limits a movement of the first rack and the second rack away from one another.