[Novalug] OT: Home racks, was: looking for tour of computer room / server farm for boy scout merit badge

Ed T. Toton III bones@necrobones.net
Wed May 14 10:25:36 EDT 2008


Thus spake ethan@757.org:

>> I never took any pics of the 'server rooms' I built in my dwellings, 
>> thank goodness!
>
> Not so long after, I rented an office (It's now gone).
>
> http://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/geek/computer_stuff/pimp_my_rack/IMG_2607.JPG
> http://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/geek/computer_stuff/pimp_my_rack/IMG_2609.JPG
>
> Good times, but I don't miss the big power bills and everything. Real 
> estate got too expensive down here, so now I've got a storage unit and 
> an apartment. Still have a few pieces of equipment but gave much of it 
> away (sold a few bits as well).
>
> Houses in Southeastern Virginia don't have basements either. I drooled 
> when I saw some setups up in Maryland in basements.


I know this is getting a little off topic, but that looks great. I love 
the blue lighting.

So far I've managed to keep my home system relatively confined and not 
terribly power hungry.

These shots are a little out of date, but things haven't changed 
enormously since then:

http://ed.toton.org/photos/2006/a489.jpg
http://ed.toton.org/photos/2006/a666.jpg


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