testRack Project
My buddy Josh and I have been wanting to do rack projects for a while and he recently bought a nice 21U cabinet and started his project. I started mine about mid month with a full 42U cabinet I got for about the best deal a person could get without it being free. I found a local guy who was given a Hubbell cabinet when he left a job. It appears nothing was never installed in the cabinet all of the original zip ties were still in tact and the door and side even had tape residue still on them, which I still need to get off. I cannot find the cabinet online, but Hubbell told me the retail is $2500, I will assume that is with the doors and sides as the cabinet without them was like $1800 and the sides and doors are about $800 more. This is a break down of what I got from him (Note: Prices are less than MSRP):
- Hubbell 42U Cabinet with F/B doors and sides ($2500)
- Hubbell 19″ Rack Mount Power Distribution Module - 0×10 ($89.97)
- Hubbell Stationary Shelves (2) ($119.97 ea.)
- Leviton 24 Port Patch Panel (Voice Grade) ($109.97)
- Hubbell Roof Mount Fans 400 CFM ($283.88)
- Hubbell Mobile Base ($511.01)
As you can see that is almost $4,000 in rack equipment and I bought it for $350. That’s right, three hundred and fifty dollars. There were a few scuffs on the side from it being transported originally, but I think I can manage to paint it with the $3500 I saved.
You can see the following in the album I put on Google Web Albums. Note: The 2nd 22″ Dell is only there until FedEx picks it up tommorrow.
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In cabinet I have a 4 port KVM to manage the beige Dell 433, which is my dialup box, and my P4 1.4, which is a linux server. On the bottom right is my Intel 2.6HT and the machine in the 4U is my new 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo I built while doing this project. The KVM is hooked up to the 15″ monitor on the top shelf. Next to the KVM is my Linksys router and a keyboard and mouse in front of that. I found an inexpensive 1U keyboard tray that has a keyboard with a trackpad like a laptop so I will be getting that sometime. I will also be buying a 1 or 2 4U drawers to put in the cabinet; one for media and the other for cables and such. I will also be getting another shelf for a laser printer and at least 2 more 4U cases for the linux desktop and a dev server. So it is pretty much a one stop solution for everything I need. The only things I don’t want to put in there is my scanner and the things I need on my desk.
