Building a Home Lab Cluster
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@travisdh1 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
You can always build your own. If you can find something used at a good price, that's probably the better way to go.
I had one of these before. Didn't really like it.
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@aaronstuder Just check your local metal scrap yards I bet that they have several hundred racks available.
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@DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@aaronstuder Just check your local metal scrap yards I bet that they have several hundred racks available.
My closest metal scrap yard is over an hour away
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@travisdh1 that sucks.
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Do you really want a rack or a cabinet? Most severs have to be mounted from the front and back.
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When I get time,.. and the need for a server, this is what I was planning on using:
http://tombuildsstuff.blogspot.com/2014/02/diy-rack-server-plans.html
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@gjacobse What's the cost on something like that?
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@aaronstuder probably pretty higb
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@aaronstuder said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@gjacobse What's the cost on something like that?
"Materials for an enclosed 20U server rack came out to just under $400. For an open rack it was only about $100 including casters."
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@aaronstuder said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@gjacobse What's the cost on something like that?
Probably several hundred dollars.
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the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.
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@Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.
Yeah, that can be a big issue in a small living space!
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@Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.
I was amazed at how much quiter my new (2015) server was than my old servers.
Of course, that is just one.
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I'm fortunate enough that my house is large enough and arranged in the "right ways" so that I barely hear my server.
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@DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
I'm fortunate enough that my house is large enough and arranged in the "right ways" so that I barely hear my server.
Yeah I could put a setup like this in my HVAC room and probably be OK.
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@Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
I'm fortunate enough that my house is large enough and arranged in the "right ways" so that I barely hear my server.
Yeah I could put a setup like this in my HVAC room and probably be OK.
You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...
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@DustinB3403 said
You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...
I do as well. It's called the basement.
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@BRRABill said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@DustinB3403 said
You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...
I do as well. It's called the basement.
Basements don't count because so do I.
I was thinking something drywalled, and finished for something that maybe get 5 minutes of attention a month. (to change the filters)
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@DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
I'm fortunate enough that my house is large enough and arranged in the "right ways" so that I barely hear my server.
Yeah I could put a setup like this in my HVAC room and probably be OK.
You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...
Eh? My basement has three rooms - storage/HVAC, bathroom, and the rest is open area do whatever.
This is how I see many basements.
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@DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@BRRABill said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@DustinB3403 said
You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...
I do as well. It's called the basement.
Basements don't count because so do I.
I was thinking something drywalled, and finished for something that maybe get 5 minutes of attention a month. (to change the filters)
Well it is a drywalled off area with extra storage and it's own door. But again, this is typical around here.
