Rack Setup for Home Lab?
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I like the APC Netshelter series. The make smaller ones with wheels which is great for putting a few servers in and then getting a APC wall mount two post above it for switches. I still like floor to ceiling racks for main server rooms with four open post frames (and raceway). but for the smaller offices those work great. not cheap though but they are lockable and have good airflow.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
I like the APC Netshelter series. The make smaller ones with wheels which is great for putting a few servers in and then getting a APC wall mount two post above it for switches.** I still like floor to ceiling racks for main server rooms with four open post frames (and raceway)**. but for the smaller offices those work great. not cheap though but they are lockable and have good airflow.
Really nice to have all that extra room. However for us here,... I don't have any ROOMs to put the server(s). All we have are end of the hall closets, so it has to fit through the door way. And for ease of access to setup / run the system off generators, I only have access to maybe two closets. All the others are to impractical to access or just completely impossible.
After taking care of some break/fix and moves I have to plan out down my systems. Yesterdays storms proved that it's all wrong.
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Found this and will be building it as soon as my rails come in. this will be perfect for my office.
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@Hubtech
Nice - I've thought of building my own (home) rack but was over complicating things. Using rail stock makes sense and the job cleaner and simpler. -
@Hubtech said:
Found this and will be building it as soon as my rails come in. this will be perfect for my office.
Nice find.
I have a two post rack I've been using more or less (less lately) for the past 15 years, I could cut it down and do something like this. I might take it a step further and put a vent in the top back, connected to a drier hose and vent the heat out of the room/house.
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Lackrack!
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@Hubtech said:
Found this and will be building it as soon as my rails come in. this will be perfect for my office.
Cool find.... I will have to build one of these if I ever get a rack style server at the house.
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rummaging around, searching for a pic of our small rack
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I didn't read the rest of this post, but when did you get a small rack?
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@art_of_shred said:
I didn't read the rest of this post, but when did you get a small rack?
I am going to refrain from comment on this one, because @Dominica and @Minion-Queen would both find a way to slap me from 1,700 miles away...actually...nvm...
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Here's a link to a pic of the rack:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheepguardingllama/5639632862/in/photolist-9AmDpb-9AmAnm
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@art_of_shred said:
I didn't read the rest of this post, but when did you get a small rack?
I didn't say "my small rack" cause we all know I have the opposite of that.
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@Dominica said:
@art_of_shred said:
I didn't read the rest of this post, but when did you get a small rack?
I didn't say "my small rack" cause we all know I have the opposite of that.
No comment.
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I like using a real rack. It's classy looking and impressive.
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@StrongBad said:
I like using a real rack. It's classy looking and impressive.
There is a comment in there about @Dominica but I'm going to withhold it.
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@ajstringham said:
@StrongBad said:
I like using a real rack. It's classy looking and impressive.
There is a comment in there about @Dominica but I'm going to withhold it.
Why thank you, boys! I am both of those things
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Oh boy. LOL. Where is that tart post when we need it
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@StrongBad said:
Oh boy. LOL. Where is that tart post when we need it
Alas, I'm probably the only chick on here that would think it was funny to be a called a Mango Tart. Too much butthurt from those without my sense of humor.
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@Dominica said:
@StrongBad said:
Oh boy. LOL. Where is that tart post when we need it
Alas, I'm probably the only chick on here that would think it was funny to be a called a Mango Tart. Too much butthurt from those without my sense of humor.
Ordered the rails. I've got a buddy with a hardware store so i'm going to build the rack out of some Cedar or something like that instead of boring old pine
