The time has come for me to move from shelving to racks. My first thought was to list the various racks over the years. Look below for old photos and links to the posts I lifted them from.
Why a rack?
In the past, I have always built my own servers, computers, from parts. I always chose tower cases for space and quiet. A large fan and heatsink can be easily mounted in a big tower case. I never bought rack mount cases because I never had a rack.
I recently changed my view and decided to get a rack after two new recent acquisitions:
I can move all the parts from the existing cases to the new cases without buying anything other than the cases. I’ll also have plenty of room should I wish to add more drives.
The ugly box
There is one box I have which is monstrous. You can see it in the photos below from 2016. That will not be converted. I’ll have to get a shelf for the rack, or I could put it straight on the floor. It does have casters.
Timeframe
I do not have a rack yet, but I plan to get one. I think I should convert the two systems first, and then get the rack.
I might get started on the tower case conversions by late September or early October.
I've been playing with computers since I read an Elementary Electronics magazine way back in the 1970s. I started contributing to open source projects in 1998. After that, I gradually moved from being a software developer to being a systems administrator.
