LackRack: IKEA's cheapest table is perfectly sized to rackmount computers (2020)

Post by graftak » Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 5:06 PM UTC

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This touches a semi-related nerve. When you share a photo on iOS there’s an option to remove exif data—or at least the photo’s location—but there’s no way to always have it removed by default. Really annoying and easy to forget. /rant

I think that you can at least choose for photos you take to not have location data at all in camera settings. I found out because the feature of mapping of where your pictures where your pictures were taken did not work for me, because I stopped the camera from having location data.

Post by mrexroad » Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 7:06 PM UTC

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When it comes to flour, I don't understand why the USA insists on measuring it by volume when the rest of the world does it by mass. The density of flour can vary widely depending on if it's packed at all, and scooping it often leads to voids in the bottom of the measuring cup that you likely won't see unless you're using a clear measuring cup. When using flour or baking mixes, I convert to grams (1 cup all-purpose f…

Every American kitchen has measuring cups, few have scales. And people learn that method and continue to use it (most people don't even know about zeroing a scale after you add each ingredient). It may also be that US measuring cups are "more convenient" sizes than the equivalent metric ones would be. For flour, they often specify "sifted" which removes some of the variability.

Post by comprambler » Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 12:06 AM UTC

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Both of these R720's are barely audible when you are standing right next to them. They are in my basement furnace room too, so I literally cannot hear them anywhere else in the house.

Is that running things on them full bore? I tried a server case with a bunch of 1080's in it for some image processing but the noise levels were off the scale even though they were fairly large diameter fans. Not R720's though, so larger fans. Interesting datapoint! The worst offenders were the 1U units, such as routers and switches, and a bunch of Supermicro 1U servers.

Post by ComputerGuru » Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 4:23 AM UTC

tzartz wrote: post #173

ComputerGuru wrote: post #158

I prefer the minimalism of a "vertical rack" which, for some reason, I tend to never see. If you don't have more than 6U or so of equipment, it's really the way to go because of its minimal profile and amazing load-bearing ability: it is load-bearing parallel to the direction of gravitational pull (vs regular rack cabinets where the load is perpendicular to the posts), and then that weight is all redirected towards t…

Switches and routers sure- I've used it for things like that quite a bit- but I'd never put a server (even a 1U) in one. Ease of getting in and swapping parts is a huge factor.

Post by ComputerGuru » Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 4:29 AM UTC

jjeaff wrote: post #160

ComputerGuru wrote: post #158

I prefer the minimalism of a "vertical rack" which, for some reason, I tend to never see. If you don't have more than 6U or so of equipment, it's really the way to go because of its minimal profile and amazing load-bearing ability: it is load-bearing parallel to the direction of gravitational pull (vs regular rack cabinets where the load is perpendicular to the posts), and then that weight is all redirected towards t…

I didn't know this was an official thing. Seems like it would work great in a lot of cases. But one of the main reasons I like racks is the ability to pull a server out on tracks and open it up to do maintenance, add hard drives, etc. I suppose you still could do that on this vertical setup, but only with one server with the top facing away from the wall.