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Share pictures of your Rack!
Hello,
Ever since I got into this business, I'm always been curious to see how others set up their racks. I have a bit of OCD, so if I have different server brands, I NEED to group them together. Recently with the jump in sales over the past 2 years, it hasn't been easy with slots opening at very low rates. Recently, I had lots of space open up because I decommissioned about 1/2 of my servers (older hardware) to make space for something new!
Feel free to post your DC, Home, Basement, or garage rack setups 
I'll go ahead and start:
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We did a build out about 10 years ago for a new DC we built. This is some of the start I will see if I can find some more pictures to share.
2 years to build this
I have just two servers in a shared rack. I am a hobbyist, not a provider. I do IT-support for my job, but I’m not selling servers.
@Calin Seems like you have some cable management to do. Would be hard to untangle these cables without breaking anything.
Hello @DennisdeWit , thanks for the feedback, really the angle is not the best, but I assure you that the cables are noted and there are no problems when it comes to maintenance
Regards,
Calin
Great expansion Calin!
You've come a long way.
Open rack, show bob.
boobmarked.
This reminds me of the old IBM commercials where they'd show a room full of racks and then it would all get replaced with two IBM racks.
This is how I imagine my Kimsufi server to look:
How I imagine I'm working in the terminal:
That's 60's nerd porn.
Edit: it's fucked that my reply has an extra pic that doesn't show in his original post. Caching bug?
Edit 2: 2nd pic shows after reloading this page.
I edited after I posted to include that, you turbo quote-replied me and Vanilla must finally be smart enough to notice when that happens.
It's definitely the sexiest looking mainframe IMO. I'd be happy for someone to show the bobs of a sexier mainframe.
I got pictures of our rack. But heres one better..
Here's a video of our RPi's
Side note: You can right click on the video and loop it!
What have I started.
Although I gotta bust your balls some. What is up with darn near every single one of those Dell's with an ORANGE light?!
Probably just one PSU plugged in
The little screen is blurred out. We have little messages with jokes with our techs and other company info.
no more wooden racks ?
Do you not remember the lumber price jump?
oh that's why
Honestly I wish so many more providers had live cams on their racks.
Back before Hivelocity filled the rest of their cage, I could be able to see my rack on the live cam. Now they moved it and it's no more 😕
Hmmmm, I remember Contabo having live cameras back in the days.
They used to, but it never worked for me sadly
Hivelocity is the only provider I know of that has cameras now
@Francisco
@servarica_hani @terrahost
@Calin custom rack?
I do not have a hosting business, but I am sharing a picture of my local SeedBox for the fun of it.
It's a Raspberry Pi 3 with a 2TB HDD attached to it, together with a 1GB MicroSD having DietPi installed. It is constantly seeding Linux ISOs over public VPN, and also makes the Linux ISOs available over local network in case I need them.
This Raspberry Pi 3 and HDD are covered in aluminium cases for passive cooling. The heat is then transferred to the metal box with some under thermal pads for better cooling. It is fun, it looks nice and I like how it runs so smooth (~33°C to ~42°C).
Very cute actually! Love it.
Thank you for sharing this!