That is an interesting idea I have toyed with.  Reduces the amount of floor space taken up in a home office. ------------------------ 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, 11:34 AM 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