Rack upgrade
Some time ago I got a 19" computer rack for free from a bank branch that closed. Actually Stefan spotted the offer on our local LUG mailing list and planned on installing it in his server room, but unfortunately the rack was too big.
Lucky me :-)
I disassembled it completely, but even then the inner frame was too large for the elevator. Jan, Stefan and I had to carry it 12 storeys high. Thanks again guys, I owe you (and I hope you'll be there when I move out ;-).
I recently installed a UPS and two shelves in my rack and threw out the big 17" monitor. I think the result looks a lot nicer.
Here's a before/after picture:
The rack now consists of (from top to bottom):
- CMC Rittal rack monitoring and security system. The door is locked with a keypad, but you can open it anyway, if you know where to place a strong magnet (so much for security)
- Two shelves with computer related books and CDs
- Rittal KVM switch (unused)
- Fonera access point
- Nortel BayStack 450-24T 24 port 10/100 switch
- My server, an Athlon TBird 800MHz (so if you ever wondered why this site is so slow here's the answer), which is housed in an old SCSI storage controller. That controller had some cool features like a LCD text display, 18 dual color LEDs and 5 big fans not to mention the 18 5.25" slots. I already have a PCB designed to control all of this with an ATMega8 chip but it will be some time until I find the time to finish that project.
- APCSmart 700 uninterruptible power supply