I'm thinking of building my own computers from now on. I use two computers for LAMP dev and was thinking that a small rack made out of angle iron might do the job. Add a KVM switch and I use a lot less room.
------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Thu, 8/5/10, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: From: Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> Subject: Re: OT : Small home rack To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 11:04 AM keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if there would be a need or market for a small simple rack > for home use. Maybe one that would hold three 4-U (or eight 2-U) rack mount > servers. I'm thinking it would stand about 3 ft. I would think there would > be a need for wheels on the bottom or a way to swivel the servers to get to > the back. > > Any thoughts? > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > I think that a tower would suffice in SB/home environments. With virtual hosts, of course. ;) I'm personally using an old (retired/reprovisioned) P4 SFF workstation (w/ 5 VM guests) as a server. -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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