Posted: 7/30/2015 7:07:04 PM EDT
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Not a huge one, but I have a rack mountable 16 port giga switch, figured I might as well rack mount it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U14MO8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 |
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It appears that the two rack sides are not connected except for by attaching to whatever piece of equipment is mounted between them. You might want to be prepared to purchase an extra 1U or 2U blank plate or two ($10 ea.) to keep everything nice and rigid.
I have an 84-inch tall rack on the side of my desk, fax machine (covered for the last 2 years), printers, scanners, DVR, PC tower, modem, and switch all reside there. |
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I bought a Dell 2410 24U years ago from ebay for next to nothing.
Catch was I had to pick it up. Delivery would have killed the deal. I have in it APC Smartups 3000 HP Procurve unmanaged gig switch Dell managed gig switch patch panel pfsense box dell kvm server console Norcco 420 chassis, almost full It's a fun hobby. |
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Not a huge one, but I have a rack mountable 16 port giga switch, figured I might as well rack mount it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U14MO8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 That's nice dear.jpg Cage nuts suck more than ballz |
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You might want to get a tray or two for it.
Get a rack mount 10G Switch (or Gigabit Switch), put the clusters on the trays with neat wiring to the switch. Rack mount equipment tends to be more pricey, as it is generally intended for enterprise use, so it's worth the uptime. Unless you were building a rack of linux server blades to make a bigger cluster.... (can never even guess what your next big step will be.) |
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Looks like it will work ok for a small setup. Like the others are saying, get a few blanks, or my personal preference, cable management blanks. I personally like the D-ring style:  Others I work with prefer the plastic strip style:  Both serve well to contain cables and add structure. |
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Ever want to see what a high end home automation guy's home system looks like.
Here is my trainwreck. The last thing I want to do when I am not at work is, well, work. I will redo it eventually (been saying that for over a year now), I have a security dvr and a complete Crestron house audio and automation system sitting in my garage that will take up the bottom 1/2 of this thing. 
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Quoted: What's a cage nut?  |
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Quoted: Ever want to see what a high end home automation guy's home system looks like. Here is my trainwreck. The last thing I want to do when I am not at work is, well, work. I will redo it eventually (been saying that for over a year now), I have a security dvr and a complete Crestron house audio and automation system sitting in my garage that will take up the bottom 1/2 of this thing. http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z207/N2frodn/IMG_6235_zpscctyqsbd.jpg So I was looking at the servers Amazon has... and they're rather affordable... So I got to looking at 2.5 SAS drives... A lot of the images for these drives show them with their internals open to the air. Are these just "marketing" images or are they actually open to the air and would thus require a clean room environment to function? |
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Got it today. Eventually I will probably throw a few rack mount linux servers in there. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=78894 They look lonely. So ronery... 
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And so it starts. Next thing you know, you're planning out a half dozen 42U racks and a crapload of big UPS's to keep them running when the power burps Used racks from local electronics recyclers or Craigslist is the best source, you can get them for prices ranging from free to $200 depending on what you're looking for. I'm cheap, and needed something somewhat shorter than the standard 42U for my short basement, so I ended up with an old HP minicomputer rack.  |
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Got it today. Eventually I will probably throw a few rack mount linux servers in there. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=78894 That's sort of funny but very awesome! That amount of computing power would have taken up full racks a decade ago, now the switch is the large component. I wonder if they make a 1U Rack mount to hold Parallellas or Jetsons? Somebody has to have thought of it. Could mash together a triple fan panel and a shelf and set them behind the fans so it "looks" like a rack mount cluster. |
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So what's the attraction for these setups? Central power, UPS, ease of neat cabling/cable management, heat reduction, etc. Rather than having a bunch of boxes that need independent sturdy cases which do not stack well when using more than 1, their own cooling, and long power/network cords. |