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 //* wrote: > > > From: Eric Shubert > Subject: Re: OT : Small home rack > To: plug-discuss@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' > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss