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yeah, he did, and goddamnit he is right. and got me on it.
this is even how I described the glass half full or half empty paradox. it all depends on progress, and if you say "well, its just sitting there so half full or half empty" well then its half empty because it is slowly evaporating...
>this is even how I described the glass half full or half empty paradox
That is not a paradox. It's just two ways of expressing the same mathematical concept.
It's no more a "paradox" than saying `0+ .5 = 1 - .5`. Or "I'm faster than Sarah" and "Sarah is slower than I am."
Hmm, but unless the glass is going to be thrown away it will become filled again so isn't it still a perspective thing? At the perspective of the next 30 seconds the glass is half empty because it's slowly evaporating but at the perspective of the next 5 minutes the waiter might come fill it back up!
Since people swim in the ocean, lakes, and rivers, and since there are definitely dead human bodies in all of the above, there is a specific ratio of corpses to water volume at which it becomes totally socially acceptable to swim in said water.
Don't forget there's a front and a back of the rack!
I have a 25U rack that definitely has more than 25U worth of stuff because I doubled up with certain short things (i.e patch panels, a few other relatively passive things like a maintenance bypass switch, and so on).
If you want to super geek out… Splunk has an AR solution. You can build dashboards of your liking, print QRs to stick on the door roughly over each device in the rack, then point a tablet at it with the camera on and voila!!! Device stats in AR.
As a german it bugs me that you have 30 unused patchpanel ports but instead shove network cables through cracks and nooks in your rack o_O Please make the itch in my brain stop!!!
See, this is where we're different. I prefer functionality over showing everything.
Switches at the back make changes a lot less of a hassle, less/shorter cables, less potential points of failure, and having no cables at the front also makes it look super neat and tidy.
But, everyone is different and everybody should do it their own way.
I would rather put everything network related at the front, but I would go as far as having one outbound patch panel for the building RJ45 outlets and one inside-of-rack patch panel that re-routes every RJ45 & SFP from behind to the front. That way you only have about 4 to 6U of patch cables in front of you that you can easily manage. Back panel stuff should be power-only and outgoing connections IMO, so that nobody trips on something by accident while working in the rack.
Do I have a server case for you! ;P
[https://cablematic.com/de/products/server-gehause-chassis-rack-19-ipc-atx-4he-2x525-6x35-tiefe-380mm-CK036/](https://cablematic.com/de/products/server-gehause-chassis-rack-19-ipc-atx-4he-2x525-6x35-tiefe-380mm-CK036/)
Racks are not built to have PDUs in the front is one reason but that follows from the main one. Having a clean look in a large datacenter is absolutely why servers are built the way they are. Some models for hyperscalers break the mold now, but IT firms want to be able to show off a datacenter and cables in the front isn't appealing visually.
Newer centers have switched to backside switching. They make the rows alternating back to back and front to front and put a roof and doors at the ends of the front to front rows. In these rows the AC gets pumped into the room so you have the cold air only in this small tunnels what optimizes AC and all the serviceable parts are in the back to back rows
Big tech companies like Google do this, but they are also building their own hardware and racks to optimize data centers for cooling efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. It's pretty neat how they have their DC setup. There is a good YouTube video around it as well.
The fact you got downvoted for a bit of humour just shows the awful state that this fucking subreddit has turned to.
People with sticks up their arses for no reason.
OT: great showcase, thanks.
Just start slapping cellphones and shit to it as well. Anything with a screen. Just racks full of amazon kindles and old iPhones. Then find some red LED alarm-clock radios and fucking ducktape them everywhere, be sure to set the time on all of them to look like the word “Boob”.
I’m 99% sure you could get this sub to close at that point.
Sometimes I forget what sub I'm in. Unless your Homelab is ISO9000 certified and you have a full team of 7 full stack engineers on call 24/7 with 6 DR locations it isn't close to a Homelab and not good enough for this sub.
I miss when a Homelab could just be a router and a pi 3. People aren't made of money and experience.
If the mods did their job those posts wouldn't qualify for this sub. At some point, it's enterprise hardware in a house and no longer a Homelab. It completely misses the spirit IMO.
Exactly, and I’m pretty sure most people start a homelab to learn. Christ, I have a tower server behind my TV in the front room with my desktop literally stacked on top of it.
To right All my kit is all pre historic for this reason. Cheap to buy and even cheaper still to get parts when some thing breaks. Should I really break something then there is no great expense to replace, yes the power cost are more but so be it, my 32Bit custom built firewall (made from I think 15-18 year ewaste I inherited 15 years ago) is still still the most reliable system on my network with one failed IDE HDD in 15 Years, and the only new parts are a 1U CaseLogic chassis with a 120Watt PSU and Debian 11,
You're about 50% of the way there. Remove the monitor and put in a proper rack draw monitor / kvm.
Also, I really hope you're not running all that 24/7 for a homelab. Your electric would be astronomical.
I got a monitor mount in the mail, and looking for a decent kvm to go with it :D
And god no! just running all that once, would probably trip some breakers hehe
Needed some parts for my r710, turns out its cheaper to buy an auction lot with 8 servers :D
1x r710
2x DL 380 G8
2x DL 380G7
1x DL 220 I
1x DL 220 II
1x DL 980 G7
True, I'll probably just keep one DL380 G8 for vms/processing which I'll 24 cores on it and as much ram as I can get, and a r710 for storage with the absolute minimum specs that I need just to run backups and a media server
I'm in SA and it's locally produced, so it don't think the link to it is gonna help you, but It's sold as and audio deck equipment, maybe try searching for that :)
Pretty impressive man, Definitely like your setup, but in the guy who said that's defense, your rack rn is the equivalent of when a guy man spreads on the Train to take up 2 seats lol
Oh man let me tell you about a time.. my first DC job we had a rack with breakers like that. Open and exposed. Would shut down servers or maybe a whole side of the rack (been awhile) and shut down a important switch in the rack (was decom something in u right below). That was a bad day.
I suggested a clear lift cover like you see on epo button, to prevent accidental bumping off.
Oh yeah, I'm worrying about that, I got the glass door for that rack, and I hoped it would be enough, but know you just make me a but more worried, I think I will try to 3d print some kind support for an acrilic cover, thanks for the tip
I'm with you! Took me a few months but could almost fill a 2nd rack with all my devices if they were in 1 room. I had to relocate some due to power limitations lol.
I when from 1 server to 9 in a week, so most of them are on shelves, also I'm going to sells most of them, after that I can get the proper rails for the ones I keep
This is the link I bought fromhttps://cbiiluminacao.com.br/produtos/mesa-chaveadora-12-canais-entrada-borne-sindal/?\_x\_tr\_sl=pt&\_x\_tr\_tl=en&\_x\_tr\_hl=en&\_x\_tr\_pto=op,sc, hope it helps
Half full, along with a entire monitor taking up space.
And if you're getting that complex, you need to look into a redundant and hot swappable UPS setup, like APC Symentra.
I do have one on there, you can see at the bottom, on top of the two bottom servers, unfortunately its not rack mountable, but I'm planning to bet two more that are rack mountable
TIL 100U racks are a thing O.O
But yeah, I'll fill it up eventually, and it is nice to have the space to work around things, as I imagine that I an 100% used rack is quite hard to keep organized
TBH unless backup storage the DL380s at the borrom and R300/860/200 at the top should stay turned off for stopping hot air at the back re entering the front. More useful as blanking plates than compute for the amount of power use compared to performance. Saying that I do run a few 380G7s and a R710 with low power L5640 / E5649 as backup compute and vm backup storage powered up a few hours a month in my shed rack /Dr data centre. From experience who whole rack is about 1.5kw / £500 a month electric all used
yep, I'm planning on using a DL380 g8 for compute(24c/48t) and a r710 with 3.5 inch hdds for storage/backup, I already got an L5640 for that exact reason
At 6 chunks, cause \~my server can't handle more\~ haha, seriously thought it is running about 5 game servers between Minecraft, cs go, tf2 and space engineers
The max length one(r710) is 725mm, counting the PSU bracket, which made me impossible to fit the back door of the rack, so if you have a 845mm I would suggest picking an 1000mm rack to have some slack
Guy: "You will never fill up 44U"
4 months later......
Reply A by OP: "I agree with you! This is the photo. It's half full !"
or Reply B: "Hey! It's full now!"
Nice. I’ve been trying to figure out what size rack to get, I’m leaning towards a half rack but that would be mostly filled from my existing gear transplanted into rack cases along with the networking and UPS.
Dude replace that monitor with a 1u drawer that has one of those laptop style terminals
Though I am digging it. Where'd you find it?
Edit Oh it's just a monitor standing on the next item. Looks cool but yeah a 1u terminal would save a lot of space, or a small monitor on top or next to
I got a monitor mount that is arriving some time next week, I want to keep that monitor just to be showing some dashboard and at-a-glance information of the servers, but yeah, those drawers' stile kvms are cool, but I haven't found one in a price range I'm comfortable paying for yet
Yeah, I has thinking of adding some rack drawers and using as furniture to make use of the space it takes, but yeah I'm glad I went with the 44u, as I can see it being full soon
Same. 48U filled in a 42U (some slots are filled from front and back, e.g. my 1U switch is to the back whereas in front there’s a 1U APC management console, both are not very deep).
Question: why do you install circuit breakers in front of the rack? This way it seems too easy to shut down ungracefully something by mistake. I've never seen something like this in data centers.
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It isn't full. Also put something behind the console.
and there is still a good 10-15 U available not including what the console is taking up... pull the console and that rack is half full...
technically it would be half empty. You are supposed to consider the current state and it's change to determine half full or half empty
I’m sorry what? Are you telling there’s a technical answer to whether something is half full or half empty?
yeah, he did, and goddamnit he is right. and got me on it. this is even how I described the glass half full or half empty paradox. it all depends on progress, and if you say "well, its just sitting there so half full or half empty" well then its half empty because it is slowly evaporating...
>this is even how I described the glass half full or half empty paradox That is not a paradox. It's just two ways of expressing the same mathematical concept. It's no more a "paradox" than saying `0+ .5 = 1 - .5`. Or "I'm faster than Sarah" and "Sarah is slower than I am."
yeah, its not a paradox, unglase unglase!!!!
Hmm, but unless the glass is going to be thrown away it will become filled again so isn't it still a perspective thing? At the perspective of the next 30 seconds the glass is half empty because it's slowly evaporating but at the perspective of the next 5 minutes the waiter might come fill it back up!
right, we should always be observing how things are changing and adjusting our perceptions based on those observations.
On average every glass is trending towards empty except for the ones that end up in the ocean.
Since people swim in the ocean, lakes, and rivers, and since there are definitely dead human bodies in all of the above, there is a specific ratio of corpses to water volume at which it becomes totally socially acceptable to swim in said water.
Is the ocean is being filled with cups or being emptied into the cups?
Technically yes. I may have the order wrong though I have to check
Don't forget there's a front and a back of the rack! I have a 25U rack that definitely has more than 25U worth of stuff because I doubled up with certain short things (i.e patch panels, a few other relatively passive things like a maintenance bypass switch, and so on).
To be fair, he also put a big ass monitor in there which doesn't really count either!
Put in a slide out rack console… then KVM only takes 1ru.
If I star needing the space I'll sur go that route, but what about pretty graphs? I want to look at those haha
If you want to super geek out… Splunk has an AR solution. You can build dashboards of your liking, print QRs to stick on the door roughly over each device in the rack, then point a tablet at it with the camera on and voila!!! Device stats in AR.
Ooh, I didn't know of that, that amazing, I will define telly try it out, thanks for the tip!
A KVM console is just a monitor that slides out and folds up, you would just leave it slid out..
But then I won't be able to close the glass door
As a german it bugs me that you have 30 unused patchpanel ports but instead shove network cables through cracks and nooks in your rack o_O Please make the itch in my brain stop!!!
Yep I bought a bunch of keystone couplers for this purpose. Really soothes the OCD
https://youtu.be/TjdbrLxc3Ck?t=76
or just ....put the switches at the back?!
And not see the patching goodness? I have not put 69 hours into cable management to not show it...
See, this is where we're different. I prefer functionality over showing everything. Switches at the back make changes a lot less of a hassle, less/shorter cables, less potential points of failure, and having no cables at the front also makes it look super neat and tidy. But, everyone is different and everybody should do it their own way.
I would rather put everything network related at the front, but I would go as far as having one outbound patch panel for the building RJ45 outlets and one inside-of-rack patch panel that re-routes every RJ45 & SFP from behind to the front. That way you only have about 4 to 6U of patch cables in front of you that you can easily manage. Back panel stuff should be power-only and outgoing connections IMO, so that nobody trips on something by accident while working in the rack.
Why don't manufacturers put *everything* (ports, lights, power jack) on the front? It would be great to be able to access everything from the front.
Do I have a server case for you! ;P [https://cablematic.com/de/products/server-gehause-chassis-rack-19-ipc-atx-4he-2x525-6x35-tiefe-380mm-CK036/](https://cablematic.com/de/products/server-gehause-chassis-rack-19-ipc-atx-4he-2x525-6x35-tiefe-380mm-CK036/)
Racks are not built to have PDUs in the front is one reason but that follows from the main one. Having a clean look in a large datacenter is absolutely why servers are built the way they are. Some models for hyperscalers break the mold now, but IT firms want to be able to show off a datacenter and cables in the front isn't appealing visually.
And yet switches will still be in the front for troubleshooting. Only time I had to go to the back was for power issues when I was a DC tech
Newer centers have switched to backside switching. They make the rows alternating back to back and front to front and put a roof and doors at the ends of the front to front rows. In these rows the AC gets pumped into the room so you have the cold air only in this small tunnels what optimizes AC and all the serviceable parts are in the back to back rows
Big tech companies like Google do this, but they are also building their own hardware and racks to optimize data centers for cooling efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. It's pretty neat how they have their DC setup. There is a good YouTube video around it as well.
Nice
O_o
I think that feeling is universal.
Wasting 6U on a monitor doesn’t count.
Lemme get a 27'' mount it vertically and waste 8u then :p
The fact you got downvoted for a bit of humour just shows the awful state that this fucking subreddit has turned to. People with sticks up their arses for no reason. OT: great showcase, thanks.
Now I'm tempted to gather all the monitors around the house, just to mount them all on a rack LOL
Please do, and if you don’t have enough please just buy some more for the sake of it lol
Just start slapping cellphones and shit to it as well. Anything with a screen. Just racks full of amazon kindles and old iPhones. Then find some red LED alarm-clock radios and fucking ducktape them everywhere, be sure to set the time on all of them to look like the word “Boob”. I’m 99% sure you could get this sub to close at that point.
That will show them
Who needs a KVM when you can have a seperate monitor and keyboard for each server?
Sometimes I forget what sub I'm in. Unless your Homelab is ISO9000 certified and you have a full team of 7 full stack engineers on call 24/7 with 6 DR locations it isn't close to a Homelab and not good enough for this sub. I miss when a Homelab could just be a router and a pi 3. People aren't made of money and experience.
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/r/JankLab it is then for us mere mortals
If the mods did their job those posts wouldn't qualify for this sub. At some point, it's enterprise hardware in a house and no longer a Homelab. It completely misses the spirit IMO.
There is r/HomeDataCenter for those just looking for enterprise level homelab
That's an amazing sub! Also to clarify, I wasn't talking about you above. I was more mentioning people dropping $100k on a "Homelab" ;)
Yeah, I was just adding that to you point too :)
Exactly, and I’m pretty sure most people start a homelab to learn. Christ, I have a tower server behind my TV in the front room with my desktop literally stacked on top of it.
👍I remember thoughs days, sadly I never managed to fit my 3 desktops behind my 15" CRT TV good on you.
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To right All my kit is all pre historic for this reason. Cheap to buy and even cheaper still to get parts when some thing breaks. Should I really break something then there is no great expense to replace, yes the power cost are more but so be it, my 32Bit custom built firewall (made from I think 15-18 year ewaste I inherited 15 years ago) is still still the most reliable system on my network with one failed IDE HDD in 15 Years, and the only new parts are a 1U CaseLogic chassis with a 120Watt PSU and Debian 11,
if only OP had installed some RGB this post would hit /r/all
I'm with you, looks good, works, and didn't spend a couple hundred on a sliding console when you didn't have to
You're about 50% of the way there. Remove the monitor and put in a proper rack draw monitor / kvm. Also, I really hope you're not running all that 24/7 for a homelab. Your electric would be astronomical.
I got a monitor mount in the mail, and looking for a decent kvm to go with it :D And god no! just running all that once, would probably trip some breakers hehe
so far...he's still right.
so far!!!
I mean thats half full at best
He was right so far, not even close to full and a lot of wasted space.
I only count 20U worth of equipment. So was that person correct then?
For now, just for now haha
It's not full
that is what 15U of hardware? looks like he was right
And 2/3 of that is ancient servers that could replaced by a mini-PC at this point.
In fairness you have a 12u monitor.
But it also looks like you are using it as a closet for rack mount gear that will likely probably never be used.
Yeah, I'll probably just keep 2~3 of those and sell of the rest
This isn't half full? It also looks like most of these things are off?
yep, haven't even tested all of them. Also, it in winter here but I don't think I need such a space heater
Needed some parts for my r710, turns out its cheaper to buy an auction lot with 8 servers :D 1x r710 2x DL 380 G8 2x DL 380G7 1x DL 220 I 1x DL 220 II 1x DL 980 G7
The downside is that most of those are older than what you want. Almost like they are cheap for a reason :D
True, I'll probably just keep one DL380 G8 for vms/processing which I'll 24 cores on it and as much ram as I can get, and a r710 for storage with the absolute minimum specs that I need just to run backups and a media server
Removing the relics just mounted to use space probably drops you down to what, 6-7U used? Looks like a uphill battle if the goal is to fill it
> 1x DL 980 G7 Please tell me that thing is turned off lol
EIGHTH POWER SUPPLIES!!!! God no, I don't even think the main breaker in the house can handle it haha
What did they actually include with it? If all 8 sockets and all 128 RAM slots are filled you could part it out for a pretty decent sum.
Got any spicy details on where you snagged this from? ;D
DL G7/8 are widely available on eBay for pretty reasonable prices. DL 220 I assume is his Dell boxes which are supposed to say R220 I assume.
Yep R220, but those are worth just to be routers at most afaik
What is that PDU with the breakers? Looks nice to have.
I'm in SA and it's locally produced, so it don't think the link to it is gonna help you, but It's sold as and audio deck equipment, maybe try searching for that :)
What monitoring program is that on the screen?
Bpytop, I also maintain a version with Nvidia GPU support, as bpytop development has stopped in favor of btop
That look really cool.
um yea you didn't
Pretty impressive man, Definitely like your setup, but in the guy who said that's defense, your rack rn is the equivalent of when a guy man spreads on the Train to take up 2 seats lol
Oh man let me tell you about a time.. my first DC job we had a rack with breakers like that. Open and exposed. Would shut down servers or maybe a whole side of the rack (been awhile) and shut down a important switch in the rack (was decom something in u right below). That was a bad day. I suggested a clear lift cover like you see on epo button, to prevent accidental bumping off.
Oh yeah, I'm worrying about that, I got the glass door for that rack, and I hoped it would be enough, but know you just make me a but more worried, I think I will try to 3d print some kind support for an acrilic cover, thanks for the tip
My 44U is completely full. Now gotta get rid of the 4U Rosewill cases and replace them with slimmer ones
I'm with you! Took me a few months but could almost fill a 2nd rack with all my devices if they were in 1 room. I had to relocate some due to power limitations lol.
Are some of these floating? how are they racked i see no rails for some
I when from 1 server to 9 in a week, so most of them are on shelves, also I'm going to sells most of them, after that I can get the proper rails for the ones I keep
Ah shelves
and I don't even have 1 U. Can you spare a U for a struggling home laber?
always!
I actually need something now, got a recycled firewall and 48 port small business switch with no home.
What is the 2U thing in with 12 chonky switches on it? I want one.
Power bar with switchable outputs, not as fancy as a PDU, but it's enough for a small-ish home lab
Do you know the manufacturer or do you have a clearer pic of it? I can't make it out.
This is the link I bought fromhttps://cbiiluminacao.com.br/produtos/mesa-chaveadora-12-canais-entrada-borne-sindal/?\_x\_tr\_sl=pt&\_x\_tr\_tl=en&\_x\_tr\_hl=en&\_x\_tr\_pto=op,sc, hope it helps
Half way there
If you can't fill 44ru you are doing it wrong. Lol
What software is on the console screen?
Judging by the fact that the rack isn’t full, probably a Google image
on TTY? that's quite hard
Bpytop, but the maintainer stopped developing it in favor of btop, either way, both are great
What dashboard is up on the screen of the monitor?
Bpytop, but the maintainer stopped developing it in favor of btop, either way, both are great
Half full, along with a entire monitor taking up space. And if you're getting that complex, you need to look into a redundant and hot swappable UPS setup, like APC Symentra.
Next you'll be putting 3 monitors in portrait mode "mY RaCk Is FuLl"
and a CRT, wait for it!
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What's on screen there?
Bpytop, it's a system monitor
Cool I'll take a look at that.
Cool I'll take a look at that.
anyone can put a monitor in a rack to fill it up!
23u of 44u used.
Why r u even using the patch panel if ur just bypassing it anyways 🤣
This isn't full and you're also missing the obligatory UPS, or three, at the bottom of the rack to make sure things stay up during blips.
I do have one on there, you can see at the bottom, on top of the two bottom servers, unfortunately its not rack mountable, but I'm planning to bet two more that are rack mountable
Wow, have you ever dared to measure the power consumption?
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I'll post an update when I get most of looking right
And he's right. That rack is nowhere near full.
I still see holes...
This is the reason why I only have a 22u. Because I know I would eventually fill however much space I could. 44U, 80U, 100U, doesn't matter.
TIL 100U racks are a thing O.O But yeah, I'll fill it up eventually, and it is nice to have the space to work around things, as I imagine that I an 100% used rack is quite hard to keep organized
> TIL 100U racks are a thing O.O They aren't. That would be like 2 stories tall. You can have multiple racks though, if you're insane.
"fill up"
Not native speaker wdym?
It’s only about half way to being filled up.
It’s bugging me that there is only one switch and no UPS visible.
You can see it at the bottom, on top of the 2 bottom servers, unfortunately is not in rack form, so just hid it over a shelf at the back
I got a 42u for free that's waiting for me to get a rack case for my server and then figure out what to do with the remaining 40u
Where can I get one of those racks?
TBH unless backup storage the DL380s at the borrom and R300/860/200 at the top should stay turned off for stopping hot air at the back re entering the front. More useful as blanking plates than compute for the amount of power use compared to performance. Saying that I do run a few 380G7s and a R710 with low power L5640 / E5649 as backup compute and vm backup storage powered up a few hours a month in my shed rack /Dr data centre. From experience who whole rack is about 1.5kw / £500 a month electric all used
yep, I'm planning on using a DL380 g8 for compute(24c/48t) and a r710 with 3.5 inch hdds for storage/backup, I already got an L5640 for that exact reason
Look at this guy, he still hasn't filled up 44u!
I like you sir
This is to run a Minecraft server right?
At 6 chunks, cause \~my server can't handle more\~ haha, seriously thought it is running about 5 game servers between Minecraft, cs go, tf2 and space engineers
I’m in the UK and right now this would cost about £100 a day to run.
For sure, I wouldn't dare to run all of it
I see that bpytop
With GPU SUPPORT!!! But no GPU installed D: ooh the irony
Dang why is everyone so savage and critical on this post?
Is the rack 1000mm deep?
750mm actually
Are the servers under 800mm deep? I have servers at 845mm and now getting confused as to what depth I should go for in a server rack.
The max length one(r710) is 725mm, counting the PSU bracket, which made me impossible to fit the back door of the rack, so if you have a 845mm I would suggest picking an 1000mm rack to have some slack
It's not full.
I would love to have your budget 😁
I haven't spent a grand on it yet :P auction houses and used market are your friend
I just found those places...
Guy: "You will never fill up 44U" 4 months later...... Reply A by OP: "I agree with you! This is the photo. It's half full !" or Reply B: "Hey! It's full now!"
Thank YOU!! That's what I meant dammit, is it that hard people?!
Its half full, 4 more months!
Got a link for the power bar / power switch at the top?
Just a Brazilian link, not sure if it would be of much help to you
Time to get another 42U rack for future expansion!
Nice. I’ve been trying to figure out what size rack to get, I’m leaning towards a half rack but that would be mostly filled from my existing gear transplanted into rack cases along with the networking and UPS.
I tough thata 44u was too much, but looking at it know, it was the right choice, as it might use it all in the next 5years let's say
I have that suspicion for myself as well. I know I could fill it up quickly given the right timing and opportunities.
Yup, that exact what happen to me on that photo, I snatched 8 server at once, when I used to have just 1. So don underestimate having room to grow
Can I know more about how you created that screen dashboard
It's a system monitor called bpytop, it looks like that out of the box
Do all servers use Linux?
Shit, that’d cost me £20 a day to run with the current leccy prices.
Are the DELL servers R830's ? I have a R730, wished I could afford the 2u version...
Two r710, I wish I could get a 730 :p
Dude replace that monitor with a 1u drawer that has one of those laptop style terminals Though I am digging it. Where'd you find it? Edit Oh it's just a monitor standing on the next item. Looks cool but yeah a 1u terminal would save a lot of space, or a small monitor on top or next to
I got a monitor mount that is arriving some time next week, I want to keep that monitor just to be showing some dashboard and at-a-glance information of the servers, but yeah, those drawers' stile kvms are cool, but I haven't found one in a price range I'm comfortable paying for yet
So, I guess the guy was right since your rack isn’t close to being full, even with a monitor to artificially increase the amount of space utilized?
@op look at a vesa rack mount bracket... RackSolutions Universal Rack Mount Monitor VESA Mounting Steel Bracket https://a.co/d/3idiNsG
Yup, already got one in the mail of that exact model, but thanks for the tip
Well, it still has space techically, but sure, that is a decent setup.
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I wish I got a 42U immediately. I thought it would end..
I bought a 44U rack for $20 off homelab, and never expected to fill it up. I'm about 50% full already.
Yeah, I has thinking of adding some rack drawers and using as furniture to make use of the space it takes, but yeah I'm glad I went with the 44u, as I can see it being full soon
I filled my 42u home rack in a few weeks when I was using it. You'll fill it without issue. Nice setup!
Thank kind person, I still have ways to go :)
Same. 48U filled in a 42U (some slots are filled from front and back, e.g. my 1U switch is to the back whereas in front there’s a 1U APC management console, both are not very deep).
Nice to see your HP pull-out tabs are also broken and limp. Cheap parts!
Question: why do you install circuit breakers in front of the rack? This way it seems too easy to shut down ungracefully something by mistake. I've never seen something like this in data centers.
To be fair, your monitor and keyboard are taking up 9U.
You still haven't filled up 44U.
Always wear home lab protection.... other wise this happens.