Design question. Computer LAN rack / armoire.

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  • dbhost
    Slow and steady
    • Apr 2008
    • 9248
    • League City, Texas
    • Ryobi BT3100
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    Design question. Computer LAN rack / armoire.

    Not your everyday project, but I need to build a discrete LAN rack that includes sufficient space to house 8 desktop PCs, a large external RAID enclosure, 2 rack mountable network switches, a rack mountable KVM, 4 UPSes, 2 24" flat screen monitors, a keyboard and a mouse. This is for a SOHO installation for an IT guy where the owner literally wants to conceal the LAN housing into a piece of furniture.

    I can figure the dimensions out, I am really looking to see if anyone else has done something similar, and hoping to get some feedback to airflow. How do I keep this from being an oven for those processors?
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    • JSUPreston
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2005
      • 1189
      • Montgomery, AL.
      • Delta 36-979 w/Biesemyere fence kit making it a 36-982. Previous saw was BT3100-1.
      #2
      I think you're right. The cooling is going to be an issue. Another issue I see is going to be the noise. 8 machines and an external RAID array are going to be pretty loud. Heck, a couple of Cisco 3750's can be pretty noisy by themselves.
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        • dbhost
          Slow and steady
          • Apr 2008
          • 9248
          • League City, Texas
          • Ryobi BT3100
          #3
          Yeah, plenty noisy, but nothing compared to a rack full of Dell PowerEdge R910s starting up... Or worse, some of the old Sun hardware...

          These are Quad Core boxes that comprise a virtualization cluster, and SAN filer head for a private cloud that services the network and a single workstation for, well workstation work...
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            • JoeyGee
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              • Nov 2005
              • 1509
              • Sylvania, OH, USA.
              • BT3100-1
              #4
              I would start with an exsisting plain jane rack and then build a "box" to go around it. Maybe even make all four sides removable panels.
              Joe

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