alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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1 edit | Rebuilt cabinet.
A couple of my sighted friends helped me rebuild my cabinet. I'm not completely pleased with cable management, but I haven't got the chance to reroute the cables yet (especially power).
Bear with me on photo descriptions, I'm working from notes I recorded on my tape recorder as we were taking pictures.
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Front of cabinet
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UPS's & NAS Server
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(From the bottom up)
NAS Server
Web Server
Scanner Server
Weather Radio Server
Asterisk Server
SNPP Paging Server
UPS
3COM Switch
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8 Port KVM
Blank panel
SNPP Modem
LCD Keyboard/Mouse
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2 Intel 510T Switches
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Ethernet Power Controller
Patch Panel
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Back of cabinet
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Power cables (messy)
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KVM cabling to servers
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Power and ethernet cabling to servers
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Avaya SIP phone (piece of junk)
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Brother printer/scanner/copier/fax
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Switches
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Scanner (bottom) and weather radio (top)
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LCD Console
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Also, my workstation...
AMD Athlon 7750 X2 2.7GHz
4GB RAM
200GB SATA HDD
Win XP Pro
JAWS 8.0
All computers run Folding@Home
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robbob340
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join:2001-02-15
Wichita, KS | Alpha, good job on the rack. I like the variety of equipment and the fact that it is all being used. The scanner sounds very good and I have added it to my list to listen to.
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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To answer a few questions I've been asked:
The labels and LCD aren't for me. They are for my friends who help me work on this stuff.
As for the bike, I don't ride it on the street (that wouldn't be good), I have a stand that it sits in and I ride it like an exercise bike. (It was cheaper this way)
The fibers aren't as bad as they look. I should have taken the pictures at a better angle.
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Thane_Bitter
join:2005-01-20
London, ON | reply to alphapointe
Is this a new rack, I recall you posted some pics awhile ago of a similar rack but it appeared much smaller then this one - nice though. 
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
clubs: | Yeah, it's new. The old one was 22U and this one is 42. I bought it from the manager of my apartment building (for $100...:) ) |
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Thane_Bitter
join:2005-01-20
London, ON | Nice, I thought it was new. WOW it seems very deep as well, lots of room at the back behind the equipment. Thanks for sharing it.
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GREMBLING22
join:2000-10-14
Southbridge, MA
1 edit | reply to alphapointe
Hey man. Not sure if you remember but I sold you the 3 com switch. How has the text to speech been for the 3 com? Just wanted to say the rack looks GREAT! As many have said the bigger the rack the better, I totally agree! Do you have any plans to run ESX or some other variant? |
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ffblackie
You called 911 for this?
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join:2002-01-13
Knoxville, TN | reply to alphapointe
Nice rack!
Have you considered serving your scanner over at »www.scanamerica.us ?
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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GREMBLING22:
TTS on the web interface works but isn't that great, so I use the telnet interface when I have to get into it. I don't use it very often because it seems to crash under load (even though it's probably something I'm doing wrong). I don't know what ESX is...
ffblackie:
The scanner is already being served at scanamerica.
It's the Fire/EMS scanner at »boone.mo.scanamerica.us/
I love the depth of the rack, I can actually use the rails for the servers. I need a few more sets, but I'll probably have to go with the universal ones from Gruber for the UPS's and the other two servers, since I can't find rails for them.
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GREMBLING22
join:2000-10-14
Southbridge, MA
| Damn man im sorry to hear that. What do you mean by crash under load? I have two more of the exact same switch, I would be more then happy to send you another.
By the way, I have the same rackmount case (the one that you have labled freenas). Its an excellent case, the 7 hard drive bays make for a great storage server. |
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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| It seems to reboot itself when I put a lot of traffic through it. I lose connectivity for 30 seconds or so, then it's fine until I do it again. Since I can't see the lights, I have no idea what's going on.
I love that Compucase case. I just found out directron.com has the rails for it, so I will be ordering those soon. Right now I have 4 drives in it. 1 OS drive, and 3 500GB drives in RAID 5. |
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GREMBLING22
join:2000-10-14
Southbridge, MA | Again I'm sorry about the switch, I wish I would have found out sooner. I have two more of these available... would you like me to send it to you? |
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