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Re: LackRack

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Post by protomyth »

elliottkember wrote: post #8
protomyth wrote: post #7

This reminds me of another wood rack. When we first setup the college's server room, we really couldn't afford proper server racks. The carpentry program decided they weren't really that tough to build. They took all the measurements and specs for size and where the holes had to be and went off and said they would get the job done. So, I showed up to install the new servers and gazed upon beautiful oak server racks.…

I'd love to see photos of oak server racks if you have any!

I wished I'd taken them. I know one of the other people did (I will ask them), but it was 97ish and I didn't carry a camera phone with me. It was quite nice and properly stained with bits of metal for securing the servers with slide out shelves. The did leave decent area for air flow.

Re: LackRack

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Post by protomyth »

Declanomous wrote: post #10
protomyth wrote: post #7

This reminds me of another wood rack. When we first setup the college's server room, we really couldn't afford proper server racks. The carpentry program decided they weren't really that tough to build. They took all the measurements and specs for size and where the holes had to be and went off and said they would get the job done. So, I showed up to install the new servers and gazed upon beautiful oak server racks.…

Wouldn't almost everything in a rack be grounded via the grounding pin on the NEMA outlet already?

Opinions vary. We went with a separate ground to the service panel (I think). I remember the electrician was a bit insistent that the outlet wasn't enough. He did hide the wiring quite nicely.

Re: LackRack

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Post by cromo »

protomyth wrote: post #7

This reminds me of another wood rack. When we first setup the college's server room, we really couldn't afford proper server racks. The carpentry program decided they weren't really that tough to build. They took all the measurements and specs for size and where the holes had to be and went off and said they would get the job done. So, I showed up to install the new servers and gazed upon beautiful oak server racks.…

I built my own rack for my apartment homelab as well. It's just unfinished pine, but it's a horizontal rack instead of the typical vertical rack to make better use of my limited space. Here's the album on imgur: https://imgur.com/a/D0lXM

Re: LackRack

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Post by ullarah »

cromo wrote: post #13
protomyth wrote: post #7

This reminds me of another wood rack. When we first setup the college's server room, we really couldn't afford proper server racks. The carpentry program decided they weren't really that tough to build. They took all the measurements and specs for size and where the holes had to be and went off and said they would get the job done. So, I showed up to install the new servers and gazed upon beautiful oak server racks.…

I built my own rack for my apartment homelab as well. It's just unfinished pine, but it's a horizontal rack instead of the typical vertical rack to make better use of my limited space. Here's the album on imgur: https://imgur.com/a/D0lXM

Hopefully this isn't a silly question, but do you have a concern about the exhaust/heat hitting the floor instead of having enough room for it to escape?

Re: LackRack

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Post by johnhenry »

I just bought a few of these for my servers, but they don't fit. I suspect that Ikea may have changed the dimensions of the product since this page first went up.

Re: LackRack

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Post by chrisper »

johnhenry wrote: post #16

I just bought a few of these for my servers, but they don't fit. I suspect that Ikea may have changed the dimensions of the product since this page first went up.

I believe there are different sizes of this table.

Re: LackRack

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Post by rhizome »

cromo wrote: post #13
protomyth wrote: post #7

This reminds me of another wood rack. When we first setup the college's server room, we really couldn't afford proper server racks. The carpentry program decided they weren't really that tough to build. They took all the measurements and specs for size and where the holes had to be and went off and said they would get the job done. So, I showed up to install the new servers and gazed upon beautiful oak server racks.…

I built my own rack for my apartment homelab as well. It's just unfinished pine, but it's a horizontal rack instead of the typical vertical rack to make better use of my limited space. Here's the album on imgur: https://imgur.com/a/D0lXM

Hey, thanks for the tip on OpenSCAD!
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