{"id":19,"date":"2015-03-30T22:35:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwareth.org\/?p=19"},"modified":"2015-03-30T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T20:54:00","slug":"building-a-technical-rack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zyrex.org\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Building a technical rack"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a little bit of a tech-freak, and as I also work in IT, I have become accustomed to using rack cabinets for containing all the techy equipment I’ve got to run in the house. It is practical and keeps everything quite tidy.<\/p>\n

After acquiring a few pieces of what I needed, I had to make an actual rack to house the equipment.<\/p>\n

This is what I did:<\/p>\n

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I started with planning what I wanted to place in the rack and how many U’s each piece would occupy. I ended up at 15U, which should be enough. The rack rails I ordered from eBay\/proaudiostashgb who could supply any size needed.<\/p>\n

Blatantly copying a design I found on the internet, I started out with some 2x4s and this was the start.<\/p>\n

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Half-way there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When screwing it together, I realized the downside with using the 2x4s – they weren’t exactly straight. So what I thought would be a nice, square construction ended up wobbly. Oh well – the weight of the equipment weighs it down.<\/p>\n

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Rack cupboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It contains:
\n1: Patch Panel
\n2: TP-Link Gigabit Switch
\n3: Black Plate
\n4: Cable management
\n5: Shelf, router and WLAN AP
\n6: Shelf, VM-host (laptop)
\n7:\u00a0UPS (not in the picture)
\n8: File-server<\/p>\n

Still got a little room to spare.<\/p>\n

While this has done wonders, I am working on a new rack shelf made up by MDF-boards instead – which will have a roof and walls, and maybe even a door. This way I can help keeping the noise level down a bit too.<\/p>\n

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I am a little bit of a tech-freak, and as I also work in IT, I have become accustomed to using rack cabinets for containing all the techy equipment I’ve got to run in the house. It is practical and keeps everything quite tidy. After acquiring a few pieces of what I needed, I had […]<\/p>\n

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