Hello everyone - I'm in the process of buying a house on Long Island, NY and trying to figure out the ideal location for a home data center. I was hoping you guys could share some thoughts and help me decide on the placement.
I have a couple of options available:
- Boiler room in the basement - All hardware would be on a shelf about 4/5 feet from the boiler and 2/3 feet from the water heater. I'm concerned about temperature during the winter when the boiler is running. It's also quite dusty and not sure about the ventilation.
- Utility closet in the basement - I could possibly put some some shelving in here but I am not sure this is a good ideas as the closet contains water / power / gas shut off.
- Closet underneath the stairs in the basement - concerned about dust / ventilation
- Storage room in the basement - very dusty
- interior closet on the second floor - limited to no ventilation
Data Center contains:
- Synology NAS
- 16 port switch
- mini server acting as firewall
- cable modem
- looking to expand to include a VM box and UPS
I have a couple of options available:
- Boiler room in the basement - All hardware would be on a shelf about 4/5 feet from the boiler and 2/3 feet from the water heater. I'm concerned about temperature during the winter when the boiler is running. It's also quite dusty and not sure about the ventilation.
- Utility closet in the basement - I could possibly put some some shelving in here but I am not sure this is a good ideas as the closet contains water / power / gas shut off.
- Closet underneath the stairs in the basement - concerned about dust / ventilation
- Storage room in the basement - very dusty
- interior closet on the second floor - limited to no ventilation
Data Center contains:
- Synology NAS
- 16 port switch
- mini server acting as firewall
- cable modem
- looking to expand to include a VM box and UPS