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> the bare minimum required to run your own hardware in a colocation environment i remember the look in the admin's eyes when they asked "alright, what kind of
by jareklupinski 2y ago
> the bare minimum required to run your own hardware in a colocation environment
i remember the look in the admin's eyes when they asked "alright, what kind of hardware are you looking to install?" and I said "oh i have it right here" and pulled two Intel NUCs out of my backpack
> Consider bringing a screwdriver and a flashlight (any halfway decent place will provide those for you, but you never know).
two multitools minimum, sometimes you need to hold a nut with one while loosening the bolt with the other
the best space is the one that is right next to a Frys/Microcenter/whathaveyou
- theideaofcoffee 2y ago> "oh i have it right here" and pulled two Intel NUCs out of my backpack NUCs would be like nirvana after some of the jerry-rigged crap I've seen dragged into facilities. Maybe I'd like them to have a secondary power supply, but then again you had two, but they'd make a fantastic little router for something not too traffic heavy. Lots of utility use cases for something like that in a proper facility.
- jareklupinski 2y ago> I'd like them to have a secondary power supply, but then again you had two yup! it was cheaper to bring two NUCs than try to get N+1 power redundancy set up for "atypical" (not u-rack) systems :) then they started making 1U NUC rack mounts...
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoFrys still exists? Are they "back"?