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What are the considerations which decide the server Dimensions in Rack Servers?

In a DataCenter, say a rack is 42U high. Some rack servers in that rack can be full-width and 1U high, while some servers can be half-width and 2U high. Yet others can be half-width, 1U, but double depth. In all cases, the "volume" or "capacity" of…
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Has anyone purchased an AcoustiRack?

Looking for first hand experience with an AcoustiRack. Noise is fairly important. The main concern is heat. The unit will have a few Dell servers r510, r620, VRTX fully loaded, 2 APC UPS 2200va. Any other suggestions for a rack that can house…
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What kind of breakout cables do I need for this rackmount setup?

I am going to be building out a rack and I would like to re-use all the existing hardware for my NAS device and just put it in a rackmount case. I currently am running FreeNAS inside a Silverstone SFF tower…
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How to wall mount a rack when studs don't line up

This is my first time mounting a server rack and I'd like some advice. The rack is for my home and will be a 10U wall mount for a patch panel, switch, and a few shelves for UPS and modem/satellite hardware. I might add a server or two in the future,…
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Rear Rack Ears for Dell PowerConnect 2824 Switch

I've been looking for a solution to mount the Dell switch from the back instead of the front, since we don't have a rack for switches yet.. My original thought was to find some special rack ears that are extended and reversed so that they can be…
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Specialized Mounting Brackets

We are currently upgrading our tower based build server to a new 19" rack mounted unit for our software development team. Our new rack server has a maximum depth of 22 inches. So to accommodate this, we purchased a server rack cabinet that supports…
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Is it possible to find server parts like this?

We currently purchase render nodes that fit well into our server rack. They're 3U in height and 1.9/19inch in width and about 3 feet in depth. We're considering building these ourselves and wondering if it's possible to find cases/motherboards in…
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does a 4U case need rails?

I just bought 3x cheap 4U cases for fitting microatx hardware. But rails are not included. Are slider rails mandatory or only for convenience? Servers are quite light. It's compute nodes. Only psu + Motherboard + CPU. No hardrives.
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Switching to Rack Mounted Servers

I'm primarily used to using Computer Towers as basic servers for the company I've been administrating for a while. And we now wish to move away from that to a rack facility. I have no idea (not the slightest clue) as to how these things work.…
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Cooled server cabinet VS server room

The cooled server cabinet was discussed here before but I found my question is a little bit different. We have a client with some servers running into incredible bad conditions. The servers are in the middle of the office and cooled by a regular…
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Rackmount temperature/humidity control

This may seem like a strange question because it involves a non-traditional approach. What I'm looking for is a standard rackmount cooling/humidity control module. The idea is to build a portable server rack (in a case) that can be deployed to the…
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What measures to take to prevent electrostatic if we dont skip a rack unit between servers?

After going through the post Do you skip a rack unit between servers? . We thought to consolidate our rack to save space and to improve cooling in lab. If we put servers without skipping a single gap between server what are the chances of…
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Voice patch panel wired to outer pair

Our Intertel phone system uses an unusual wiring scheme at the phone by using the outer pair (pins 2 and 5) of wires on a phone jack. I am looking for anyone that knows of a vendor that sells 24 port patch panels that have 25 pair Amphenol…
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Adding a networking rack after the fact

I'm working on a network project where the networking equipment is located in utility closets which aren't very secure. I'd like to put all the networking equipment and servers in free-standing (ie, not mounted to the wall) locking rack…
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rackmount network USB hubs?

We are virtualizing our license servers and have to start using network USB hubs for the authentication keys. The ones I've found will be messy in a rack. Has anyone ever seen a rackmountable version? If that's not an option, are there any…
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