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| Thread ID: 58330 | 2005-05-28 10:10:00 | DIY server rack | dwnz (5333) | PC World Chat |
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| 359271 | 2005-05-29 07:52:00 | whetu, your resourcefulness never ceases to amaze me. Having said that, I'd never settle for a second hand rack mount - I want a full sized mother with a chic glass door. Grey and black, with sides of the same colour. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 359272 | 2005-05-29 08:58:00 | Sorry if you have been trying to goto my page, i have just changed servers, and the disk that was in my old one, works perfeclty in my new one, not 1 problem yet! (and im running win2k3) All backup now Daniel |
dwnz (5333) | ||
| 359273 | 2005-05-29 09:01:00 | just wondering why have a rack server? why not an old computer in a normal case? is it to save space or what?? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 359274 | 2005-05-29 09:18:00 | Yea it is, because i dont have much room under my desk, as a i have a big box of parts, and because it is pretty cool. Daniel |
dwnz (5333) | ||
| 359275 | 2005-05-29 15:20:00 | I used to build my own racks out of ply for 19" rack gear, allthough it was for audio, not comps. I dont now because good racks are really cheap..... Try your nearest seious band/P.A. audio shop. Mindyou, for me lightweight and portable is a BIG issue. For a server or 2 a big heavy plywood box might be better! |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 359276 | 2005-05-31 08:36:00 | I'm afraid no one mentioned the obvious here - this isn't a server rack. It's photos of someone assembling a kit set shelf then nailing a hub into it. I could put my laptop and a wireless access point in the microwave and claim I'd built a server rack if this is considered one. just wondering why have a rack server? why not an old computer in a normal case? is it to save space or what?? Imagine an ISP or large business witha significant number of machines. Rack units are standardised. They all slot into a cabinet, which is usually ducted for power, ethernet and often cooling. Nicer still with a rack mounted KVM to switch peripherals between, or the even nicer pop-out style KVM's with LCD monitors that slide away into a 1U unit. We'd easily have 50 or 60 machines in our machine room, probably more. Imagine trying to co-ordinate, keep tidy, cable and maintain 50 or 60 different sized tower/desktop cases. Thats why jesus invented racks. |
ninja (1671) | ||
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