Re: [PLUG] Server Cabinets

[JP Toto <viceclown@yahoo.com>]

I regular 6 foot cabinet is what Im thinking. open is
fine. Just want to find one for a reasonable price.

--- Paul <paul@dpagin.net> wrote:
> Do you have rack-mountable servers at home?
> 
> Wall mount or floor unit?
> 
> I've seen six-foot tall cabinets for around $1000. 
> Smaller cabinets 
> for a few hundred dollars.  If it's enclosed it
> should have some 
> ventilation fans.  An open rack would be better
> choice.
> 
> Depending on your decor, I'm imagining a wooden
> structure fitted with 
> two metal strips spaced 19" apart with holes drilled
> in them.  That 
> way the rack would look like a file cabinet or a
> desk.
> 
> 
> On Friday 01 March 2002 03:59 pm, you wrote:
> > So Im thinking about actually looking to rack my
> > servers at home and stick them into a server
> cabinet.
> > I've done some searching but don't see any
> home-built
> > solutions out there. Has anyone else tried this?
> I'll
> > even buy a cabinet if it's cheap enough but I
> imagine
> > they're not. Can you get them at hardware swaps or
> > anything? Antec (http://www.antec-inc.com) seems
> to
> > have nice rack cases but affordable cabinets are a
> > little harder to come by. Any suggestions would be
> > great!
> 
>
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