[Prophet4NO1]

So, lets see your home RACK! No commercial setups. Just the homegrown stuff. Fancy, neat, busted, what ever. Lets see it all.

Here is mine. Need a new actual rack, but the hardware in it is all solid.

From the top:

• Power switches. These power most of the rack. It is tied to one of the UPS units below. This allows for easy power cycling for network hardware.
• Patch pannel. Left side connects to the rack servers and the right side to the lines through the house.
• Unifi 24 port switch with PoE. Self-explanatory.
• Unifi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus w/rack mount. Manages the network internally.
• Unifi Network Video Recorder. A video server for Unifi Protect camera system. Currently, only have one camera on it. A doorbell cam.
• Router/Firewall. Moved away from pfsense to Untangle. This one is not free but has better filtering options. Especially for the little guy.
• Shelf with UPS units, modem, and monitor for console commands. This is temporary for the monitor. Looking for a rack-mount console for cheap.
• The last level is my file server/plex server and an old Dell server that is dead.

 

[Prophet4NO1]

Nobody else wants to share their home rack setups? I figured there would be some pretty sweet ones posted by now.

 

[Prophet4NO1]

I would but I don't need any "Rack" system for my home. If I did I would and I would most definitely post it. On a side note of personal observation......OMG....blow that dust out. 👀

Btw....very nice!

It does need a good cleaning. Problem is, I have to really pull it all out to do it right. Meaning, network goes down for the whole home. Not a good thing. I am planning to get a new rack in the not too distant feature. So, it will get a good cleaning then.

 

[Prophet4NO1]

Nice home lab setup.
This section of OCN rarely gets love these days but most people have posted to the other show your rack thread. Which is slowly working to the bottom of the front page.

Missed that thread. Did a search figuring one existed. But, did not see anything. Kinda odd, really.

I am guessing most people are moving to cloud services for things they would normally have servers for. Not a fan of clouds myself. Too many unknowns when using them. And, I have never really fully trusted the idea of putting all my stuff on computers owned by other people.

 

[Prophet4NO1]

Well I take it back.....I do have a small "RACK" system....a little 2 bay. Here she is..........

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Nice little "rack" ya got there.

 

[Prophet4NO1]

Nice. Did you do anything to help circulate air in and out of the closet?

 

[Prophet4NO1]

I am surprised it stays that cool. I have a buddy that did a similar setup but he installed a top and bottom vent on the door. I do not think there are any fans. Just relies on convection to circulate the air. Seems to work well year round.