I'm at that point now. Just can't find a local COLO...and it's damn expensive up here..We just need more pictures. And @IamSpartacus I got married and this stuff just moved to a datacenter (and expanded by 14x the rack space in the unseen datacenters.)
"Try (without) before you buy" definitely makes sense. If you think you need the deadener sheets, just search fleabay for "butyl deadener". You might be pleasantly surprised about pricing.
Awesome! I highly recommend adding the thermostat, assuming the fans you already got are USB powered.
I just caught on that it appears you have a mesh front door. That precludes the whole "bottom-to-top" air channeling/ducting idea (with air filtering done at bottom/ingress), but as long as you don't mind the negative pressure aspect I mentioned.... just have the air come through the mesh door, through and out the back of each the servers/chassis, seal gaps between them with 1U and larger blank panels, and exhaust out the top/back. Done!
My front rack door is glass (so solid) and the back door is solid metal, so no mesh anywhere. Here is the link.
Ah! Was looking this thread and the pic over too hastily
In a way you have a similar issue here with the inability to duct/channel the air. Plus, the open back is fine for a noisy DC or colo, but not for home.
I don't have a mesh back. Front door is glass and back door is solid metal. I know the picture is showing a mesh back but it is indeed solid.Ah! Was looking this thread and the pic over too hastily
The following might work ...
Fashion a boxlike "cavity" at the bottom (again it doesn't have to be perfect), using the UPS and/or a rack shelf. The "wings" part I was talking about... the big box stores have rubber-like sheets that are ribbed or cleated. I wish I knew what the stuff is called or officially used for, but these could be added to the shelf to help seal the cavity. I happened to have the stuff in the garage from an earlier project (commuter bike mud flaps... way too much of it left over but glad I kept it).
Side note: for that rectangular cutout at the bottom.... simply get the smallest air filter you can find (typical type used for home AC registers) to cover that. Heck, use duct tape to secure it... you now have some decent filtration!
So back to the boxlike cavity.. keep it open at the front. Install rack-mount fans there... like these! It's a bit pricey but it comes with the thermostat. Reverse the fans if needed so the air blows out and to the front, and is forced up between the glass door and servers.
Use the blank panels between servers as necessary and let the cooler air go through and exhaust out the back of each server (and any other chassis in there).
If you can live with the noise, leave the mesh back as is; otherwise, cover it on the inside with butyl deadener sheets and exhaust air out the top (or top of the back). Redneck engineering at its finest!
That sounds like it would work well! I'll probably do something very similar once I have time. Since air would be sucked through the box you'd probably want to seal it more fully than I previously suggested.
If you're going with the 24inch/600mm depth version, that's fine for an X10SDV based VSAN cluster and LAN switch, but it can be constraining for additional stuff, especially dense storage servers.
The rack has 24" max mounting depth and 27" total depth from front to back. I think 24" mounting depth will perfect for what I need. The only chassis I have pushing that depth is my 4U storage server box that is about 22.5" deep.That sounds like it would work well! I'll probably do something very similar once I have time. Since air would be sucked through the box you'd probably want to seal it more fully than I previously suggested.
And... I really need to stop multitasking and attempting to speed read through posts in the morning! I thought the 700 comment was in reference to depth, not price
On a related note I'll have to post my crackpot 480mm short depth version of a Norco RPC-2212 based FreeNAS build once it's up and running in a week or two. just gotta tap new holes for the ITX board and shorten the DC side wiring loom (I did say crackpot!)
you have to make sure your inner depth, not outer depth.
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In 20 years you'll get that time back - and your wife will be "glad you have a hobby", or something like that. I've just reached that point - the kiddos growing up goes by in a flash (or maybe that's just something us old-farts end up saying...).
Yep, I have 3/6/9 yr olds, blow my mind that the 9 yr old has effectively lived 1/2 his life with me before he 'flys the coop' if he's anything like me so I definitely I cherish/soak in all the time I am fortunate to spend with them...goes by WAY to fast.
