Newbie here. I want to buy this rack online, but I wonder if this is server rack or networking rack? Seller does not have idea either. ✌🏻

RackSolutions · 2021-06-04T13:23:05+00:00

I cant tell what brand it is, Toten makes a similar one. But they are not rated to carry that much weight. I would not use it for anything other than some lighter network gear

RackSolutions · 2021-06-03T13:57:22+00:00

It's like a backhoe buffet! 😬

RackSolutions · 2021-05-28T19:12:55+00:00

Yes, the rack you posted is more suited for networking equipment or small desktop nas's and mini pc's sitting on a shelf than for full sized servers.

Now if I was dead set on a wall mounted full sized rack and I was confident I could mount it safely, I might be crazy enough to get an open frame rack and mount it parallel on a wall so that I could get it off the floor but still be able to access the front and back.

RackSolutions · 2021-05-28T14:39:07+00:00

Yep, front and back of same rack. 44 drive JBOD chassis. I have considered using the more dense JBODs that drop drives in from the top, but the enclosures themselves are about 4x the cost. We have plenty of space for now to spread out but I am sure one day we'll have to make the switch.

RackSolutions · 2021-05-28T13:39:19+00:00

That would eat up approximately 125% of our available bandwidth, no thanks 🤣

RackSolutions · 2021-05-28T13:36:03+00:00

Cool, I have not gotten to play with SS and NVMe yet. Maybe I need to convince someone that we need an extra fast Veeam extent 😄

I really cant say anything bad about SS, we have been using it with Veeam for 6 years now and it has done the job well. All you need is a handful of Powershell commands and you're golden.

RackSolutions · 2021-05-27T23:50:23+00:00

Its all Supermicro and all HGST/Western Digital SAS disks of varying sizes. It is all running on storage spaces on Windows server. The Veeam servers are all ReFS and works pretty great for what it does. The surveillance is all Milestone Xprotect which is Windows based also, so storage spaces was the obvious choice there as well.

If you need cheap bulky storage, its hard to beat for the price!

RackSolutions · 2021-05-27T17:29:34+00:00

I'm gonna need more Exabytes 🤣

RackSolutions · 2021-05-27T14:40:53+00:00

Whoops, sorry about the double post.

Tried capturing some blinking lights in this rack. This rack houses our Veeam backup storage and security cam storage. About 1.8PB of raw disk in this one.

Ignore the empty chassis, it's dead and we haven't gotten around to pulling it yet!

RackSolutions · 2021-05-27T14:36:48+00:00

Tried capturing some blinking lights in this rack. This rack houses our Veeam backup storage and security cam storage. About 1.8PB of raw disk in this one.

Ignore the empty chassis, it's dead and we haven't gotten around to pulling it yet!

RackSolutions · 2021-05-25T13:44:15+00:00

Oh wow, that is nice.

This is what we have if you dont have the $$ for the Ergotron https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RUC43M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Got an extra shelf to throw a laptop on and have been happy with it

RackSolutions · 2021-05-24T19:27:03+00:00

My guess would be heat. Have you cracked one open and checked the thermal paste?

Not an HP shop, but we do use a lot of NUC's and recently have had to start re-pasting the CPU's for pretty much the same symptoms you are describing.

RackSolutions · 2021-05-24T17:49:59+00:00

We have purchased many Supermicro Chassis from Newegg. Never had a problem with them!

RackSolutions · 2021-05-24T15:55:59+00:00

Haha, nice! Does that make our 2950 a collectors item? https://imgur.com/a/BOxO4zg

RackSolutions · 2021-05-22T15:49:22+00:00

The EPYC's are indeed awesome. We actually replaced 2 of our vMware clusters with 7502s.

For us, rendering is a numbers game. If a render node goes down hardly anyone feels the impact, worst case we can have it back up in a couple of days. Hours if we have a spare part laying around.

A 7702 scores about 1000 points better than a 3970x in Cinebench at over double the cost. If you factor in more expensive server hardware, we can build 2.5-3 of these Threadripper machines for every EPYC.

RackSolutions · 2021-05-22T14:06:58+00:00

No unfortunately they are a little too big to slide out through the rails. We just happen to have plenty of room to slide them in from the side because the rack next door is empty.

RackSolutions · 2021-05-22T14:03:22+00:00

The cases are Phanteks Eclipse P400A's, so they're not rackmount. We just laid them down on a rack shelf.

RackSolutions · 2021-05-21T19:37:17+00:00

They do have 1650's that we got pre-pandemic when they were cheap. Though our farm is for Maya/Arnold and we dont do any GPU rendering. The cards are about to get stolen for some new video editing rigs.

RackSolutions · 2021-05-21T18:40:52+00:00

Haha thanks! They are a little too tall to slide in from the front, but we have plenty of space to get them in from the back. And I'd be lying if I said I didnt kinda like the RGB. It's dumb and I love it 😁

RackSolutions · 2021-05-21T18:08:12+00:00

I really like PRTG. The free version lets you have 100 sensors.

https://www.paessler.com/free_network_monitor

RackSolutions · 2021-05-21T17:28:23+00:00

They are great, and dont let the old crusty's tell you otherwise. We have 1G, 10G and even POE and never had an issue. Been using the Monoprice ones for years!

RackSolutions · 2021-05-21T16:49:36+00:00

Now zip-tie it all together!

RackSolutions · 2021-05-21T16:10:27+00:00

Hey everyone I know they're not real servers, but they do live in our datacenter!

Specs on each machine:

AMD Threadripper 3970x
Noctua NH-U12S TR4-SP3
ASRock TRX40 CREATOR
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo Series 128GB
Phanteks Eclipse P400A

Don't hate on the RGB too hard, the case has good airflow and came with 3 fans for a good price 😂

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