OT : Small home rack

[Eric Shubert]

Like yourself, I expect that most geeky types would prefer to "roll 
their own".

Personally, I have 4 VM hosts (1 prod, 3 test/devel) in my closet 
(literally). They're on shelves with the rear facing out. They all run 
headless most of the time, but I have a monitor and kb I can easily 
attach when there's a problem. I've also wired the closet with 
appropriate power (UPS for prod) and networking. Everything's out of 
sight, very quiet, and relatively low power consumption. I also added a 
vent at the top of the closet to allow whatever heat to dissipate.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

keith smith wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking of building my own computers from now on.  I use two 
> computers for LAMP dev and was thinking that a small rack made out of 
> angle iron might do the job.  Add a KVM switch and I use a lot less room.
> 
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
> 
> --- On *Thu, 8/5/10, Eric Shubert /<ejs at shubes.net>/* wrote:
> 
> 
>     From: Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net>
>     Subject: Re: OT : Small home rack
>     To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>     Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 11:04 AM
> 
>     keith smith wrote:
>      >
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > I was wondering if there would be a need or market for a small
>     simple rack for home use.  Maybe one that would hold three 4-U (or
>     eight 2-U) rack mount servers.  I'm thinking it would stand about 3
>     ft.  I would think there would be a need for wheels on the bottom or
>     a way to swivel the servers to get to the back.
>      >
>      > Any thoughts?
>      >
>      > ------------------------
>      > Keith Smith
>      >
>      >
> 
>     I think that a tower would suffice in SB/home environments. With
>     virtual hosts, of course. ;) I'm personally using an old
>     (retired/reprovisioned) P4 SFF workstation (w/ 5 VM guests) as a server.
> 
>     -- -Eric 'shubes'
> 
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