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Rack mount equioment is often more expensive. Also noisy. I have mostly consumer (non-rack) equipment in a small Ikea closet. Looks less nerdy, which also impr
by bradley13 3y ago
Rack mount equioment is often more expensive. Also noisy.
I have mostly consumer (non-rack) equipment in a small Ikea closet. Looks less nerdy, which also improves the WAF.
- bombcar 3y agoSome of it is quite quiet nowadays, when not under load. I can hear my racks but they're about as quiet as the furnace until I do a really big compile. On reboot they go into full speed fan mode until the controller comes online, that sounds like a jet taking off.
- mech422 3y agoIf you go the Ebay route, the price isn't bad... But people can literally hear my servers on the phone (1 adjacent wall) if I fire all of them up. Also, power draw was crazy - each blade chassis pulls 2500w-3000w ! SBC based stuff is plenty powerful for most stuff now, MUCH cheaper then Nucs, and SILENT! (Great for my sanity)
- oceanplexian 3y agoIt is, mostly, but if you’re handy with a soldering iron, you can easily solve that problem with a lot of equipment as long as you have good airflow and cooling where your rack is located.