Re: Re: Advice on cheap data cabinets and rackmount switches....

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

Also you might want to think about noise - get things with either no fans
or
very quiet fans if you are going to be sitting near it. I had a dlink 24
way
hub that made such a racket we had to turn it off.

Chris


>From: Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Advice on cheap data cabinets and rackmount
>switches....
>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:03:58 +0100
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>noel_pilot wrote:
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> > Hmmm depth,
> > hadn't really thought of that one!
> > Will be putting in a server case, the xcase 4U one that was used
in
> > the Jukebox server build article on this site.
> > Advice anyone on the depth?
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>Get 800mm depth if you can (or more!). 800mm width would be handy for
>cable routing and putting in vertical PDUs (long power strips) etc, but
>less important.
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>The handles on the front of my EYE-4800 chassis are in contact with the
>glass when the cabinet door is shut, and there's <100mm of space for
>cables behind, which can be a bit on the tight side...
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>The S411 case is 560mm deep...
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> > Would you mind explaining the difference between managed and
unmanaged
> > switches?!
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>The latter has lots of fancy traffic shaping features you'll probably
>never use. :-)
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> > Cabinet will be to house server, switch, a shelf or two for
router,
> > adsl modem and print server, and anything else i can rackmount!!
> > I guess the biggest will be the server pc and the UPS (altho the
UPS
> > is a fair way in the future and I may well have upgraded the
cabinet
> > by then!)
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>How studly is your desk? That lot is going to weight quite a bit -
>especially if the UPS has a decent runtime (ie lots of batteries).
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>Don't forget to think about cooling and noise. Enclosing everything in
a
>cabinet puts a strain on the internal cooling, and you may well need to
>have a fan tray in the top of the cabinet.
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>Until recently I had a dual redundant PSU in my server, which has 3
>screaming 40mm fans. I had to swap it for a quietish normal psu as it
>was way too noisy. Mind you, with 2 case fans in the server, the UPS
>fan, a couple of relatively quiet ones in the switch, 4 medium speed
>fans in the fan tray, and 2 high speed fans controlled by a thermostat,
>it still gets a tad noisy in summer :-)
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>Had to turn the lot off a couple of times, when we had people staying
in
>the spare bedroom next door :-) Looking forward to moving the lot to
the
>garage soon!
>
>Jim
>
>Ps. www.upsman.co.uk for the UPS when you get around to it...
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