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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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| 359261 | 2005-05-28 10:10:00 | Been thinking about getting a server rack for your home/business? but shocked by the prices? I was, so i built one myself, and after 3 hours of playing around to get things to fit, i did it. Heres how www.wwsnz.com Just thought id give something back to pf1 users for all the help they have given me Daniel |
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| 359262 | 2005-05-28 11:17:00 | Been thinking about getting a server rack for your home/business? but shocked by the prices? I was, so i built one myself, and after 3 hours of playing around to get things to fit, i did it. Heres how www.wwsnz.com Just thought id give something back to all the pf1 users for all the help they have given me Daniel |
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| 359263 | 2005-05-28 11:29:00 | I've merged your duplicate post you made in the PressF1 technical forum to the one you made in this Chat forum. No need to make duplicate posts in both forums. :) | Jen (38) | ||
| 359264 | 2005-05-28 11:33:00 | Whoops, forgot about this one. Lol, i got the same content both times My Bad Daniel |
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| 359265 | 2005-05-29 02:11:00 | rack mount servers cost a crap load if they are new. I might have a few second hand ones to sell in a few months..... remember that you get much more computer in a rack mount system, almost all have twin hot swap power suppilys, most have SCSI and hot swap drives. most have server type chips (EG xeon rather than PIII ) |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 359266 | 2005-05-29 03:32:00 | Yea they do cost a lot. My aim in this though was to build something to hold my servers (normal towers) in a rack type system, and i already had the 19" switch. Thanks for reading my how-to Daniel |
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| 359267 | 2005-05-29 05:29:00 | You can get rack cabinets quite cheaply on tardme, the main problem is finding them in your area, though if you're in the north island it may still work out cheaper to buy one from an aucklander, drive up in a van/large station wagon and pick it up. Or, if like me, you know people in the IT industry (because you well, work in the IT industry), you can get decommissioned rack gear for free/alcoholic funds. In exchange for a dozen Steinlager, I got a half height Scope/Modempak rack cabinet with three shelves, three 24 port rack switches and a few other odds and sods like cable management bars and a power strip. If you're after reasonably priced decommissioned rack equipment, check out the users btcom and logics on tardme too... I just got a dual pIII 450 w/ 512meg of ram and 9gig SCSI with a bit of other fluff in an ATX compatible 2U case for $250 Considering that an ATX rack case alone is sort of 600 bucks minimum brand new... you can pick up that kind of server on trademe and either keep the internals as is and use it as is, or sell the internals and throw in your own ATX compatible equipment. In saying that though, I do like your MacGuyver approach: Duct Tape Rubber bands :D Robsonde, I'm always keen for more rack equipment, give me a yell if/when you decide to flick off your gear :) |
whetu (237) | ||
| 359268 | 2005-05-29 07:28:00 | Its still quite a bit of money for a computer, considering a tower with the same sort of specs would be $100-$150. And as i said above, my aim wasnt to make a rack for rack servers, it was to make a more "general" rack Daniel |
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| 359269 | 2005-05-29 07:36:00 | what are you going to do with it, is it your website server? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 359270 | 2005-05-29 07:40:00 | Yea they are, ones web/email/domain server, the other ones a sql server (The big Digital one, could be replaced tonight if i get time, otherwise sometime this week by a p3 500) Daniel |
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