26 Oct
2009
26 Oct
'09
9:52 p.m.
Has anyone here tried to disguise a 19-inch rack as some sort of
unobtrusive piece of furniture? I'm pondering making a bench or
sideboard-like thing to compactly conceal computer equipment.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
26 Oct
26 Oct
10:02 p.m.
>> Has anyone here tried to disguise a 19-inch
rack as some sort of
unobtrusive piece of furniture? I'm pondering making a
bench or
sideboard-like thing to compactly conceal computer equipment.
You could make a simple hinged plywood door to cover the front of the
rack. Paint or stain the public-facing side, and then hang pictures or
a large vertical mirror on it.
27 Oct
27 Oct
8:51 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, William Donzelli wrote:
URL?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Has anyone
here tried to disguise a 19-inch rack as some sort of unobtrusive
piece of furniture? ?I'm pondering making a bench or sideboard-like thing to
compactly conceal computer equipment.
These are available commercially.
10 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, William Donzelli wrote:
I was hoping for something you might have had in mind.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
URL?
Google? 
11:17 a.m.
On 27 Oct 2009 at 10:00, David Griffith wrote:
I was hoping for something you might have had in mind.
How about this?
http://www.ksipro.com/pdfs/Fpremiercarts.pdf
I've heard of some people building EIA rackmount setups into spare
closets also... Just shut the door and it's gone.
Cheers,
Chuck
28 Oct
28 Oct
2:05 p.m.
I have been thinking of turning the area under our stairs from the basement
to upstairs into a small datacenter :)
On 10/27/09 11:17 AM, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 27 Oct 2009 at 10:00, David Griffith wrote:
I was hoping for something you might have had in
mind.
How about this?
http://www.ksipro.com/pdfs/Fpremiercarts.pdf
I've heard of some people building EIA rackmount setups into spare
closets also... Just shut the door and it's gone.
Cheers,
Chuck
2:18 p.m.
How do you keep heat from becoming an issue?
We recently bought a house. My datacenter is a series of racks in the
garage. I have a real problem, the garage isn't insulated. As a result
it gets D*** hot out there in the summer. I didn't actually get the servers
brought online till summer was basically over, but even then I had to have
my wife keep an eye on things. When it got to hot, she had to open the door
to the garage and aim a fan such that it would blow the cool air onto the
computers. I really need to solve the problem before next summer, or else
I'll likely have to shut my servers down part of the time. :-(
Zane
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Geoffrey Reed wrote:
I have been thinking of turning the area under our
stairs from the basement
to upstairs into a small datacenter :)
On 10/27/09 11:17 AM, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 27 Oct 2009 at 10:00, David Griffith wrote:
I was hoping for something you might have had in
mind.
How about this?
http://www.ksipro.com/pdfs/Fpremiercarts.pdf
I've heard of some people building EIA rackmount setups into spare
closets also... Just shut the door and it's gone.
Cheers,
Chuck
2:24 p.m.
I am looking at eventually getting ourselves a heatpump for the whole house
and setting up a zone system for heating and cooling :)
On 10/28/09 2:18 PM, "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
How do you keep heat from becoming an issue?
We recently bought a house. My datacenter is a series of racks in the
garage. I have a real problem, the garage isn't insulated. As a result
it gets D*** hot out there in the summer. I didn't actually get the servers
brought online till summer was basically over, but even then I had to have
my wife keep an eye on things. When it got to hot, she had to open the door
to the garage and aim a fan such that it would blow the cool air onto the
computers. I really need to solve the problem before next summer, or else
I'll likely have to shut my servers down part of the time. :-(
Zane
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Geoffrey Reed wrote:
I have been thinking of turning the area under
our stairs from the basement
to upstairs into a small datacenter :)
On 10/27/09 11:17 AM, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 27 Oct 2009 at 10:00, David Griffith wrote:
I was hoping for something you might have had in
mind.
How about this?
http://www.ksipro.com/pdfs/Fpremiercarts.pdf
I've heard of some people building EIA rackmount setups into spare
closets also... Just shut the door and it's gone.
Cheers,
Chuck
27 Oct
27 Oct
5:45 p.m.
On 27/10/2009 17:00, David Griffith wrote:
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, William Donzelli wrote:
I was hoping for something you might have had in mind.
http://www.kellsystems.com/finish_options.asp
http://www.keyzone.com/Racks___Cabinets/Keyzone_WorkSpace.htm
kellsystems regularly advertise over here.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
URL?
Google?
10:38 p.m.
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On 27/10/2009 17:00, David Griffith wrote:
The Kellsystems ones look nice. I wonder if they can be installed
parallel to a wall instead of perpendicular.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, William Donzelli wrote:
I was hoping for something you might have had in mind.
http://www.kellsystems.com/finish_options.asp URL?
Google? 
5:42 a.m.
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
Has anyone here tried to disguise a 19-inch rack as
some
sort of unobtrusive piece of furniture? I'm pondering
making a bench or sideboard-like thing to compactly conceal
computer equipment.
No, I haven't tried anything like that before - but I'm quite adept at doing the
opposite - concealing furniture with computer equipment.
-Ian
9:03 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:42:21 +0000 (GMT)
Mr Ian Primus <ian_primus at yahoo.com> wrote:
No, I haven't tried anything like that before -
but I'm quite adept
at doing the opposite - concealing furniture with computer equipment.
From "TOP TEN SIGNS THAT YOU'RE A VAX GEEK" by Brian Chase
8. You stopped purchasing new furniture when you realized that
your computers work just as well.
My desk consists of an empty VAX4000 DSSI disk box, a VAXstation 3100 +
storage expansion and a Sun 3/260.
The workbench in my machine room is build on top of a VAX4000-200 and a HP9000-750.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
11:18 a.m.
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens Jochen Kunz
Verzonden: dinsdag 27 oktober 2009 17:03
Aan: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Onderwerp: Re: rackmount furniture
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:42:21 +0000 (GMT) Mr Ian Primus
<ian_primus at yahoo.com> wrote:
Blasfemy, you are not to use any HP as bench ;-)
You'll getting trouble with the great Bill and Dave, ESD will struck you !!
(over voice)
DEC is o.k. a vax is perfectly usable for storage or......
No, I haven't tried anything like that before
- but I'm
quite adept
at doing the opposite - concealing furniture with
computer equipment.
From "TOP TEN SIGNS THAT YOU'RE A VAX GEEK" by Brian Chase
8. You stopped purchasing new furniture when you realized that
your computers work just as well.
My desk consists of an empty VAX4000 DSSI disk box, a
VAXstation 3100 + storage expansion and a Sun 3/260.
The workbench in my machine room is build on top of a
VAX4000-200 and a HP9000-750. --
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
-Rik
9:50 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mr Ian Primus
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:42 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: rackmount furniture
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
I've concealed entire *rooms* with computer equipment! - Ian (the other one)
Has anyone here tried to disguise a 19-inch rack
as some
sort of unobtrusive piece of furniture? I'm pondering
making a bench or sideboard-like thing to compactly conceal
computer equipment.
No, I haven't tried anything like that before - but I'm quite adept at
doing the opposite - concealing furniture with computer equipment.
-Ian 
5:06 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:52 PM, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>wrote:
Has anyone here tried to disguise a 19-inch rack as some sort of
unobtrusive piece of furniture? I'm pondering making a bench or
sideboard-like thing to compactly conceal computer equipment.
The high-end home theater crowd do things like this. You might want to look
there. Otherwise, I'd just build a piece of furniture around it.
brian
5:43 p.m.
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 21:52 -0700, David Griffith wrote:
Has anyone here tried to disguise a 19-inch rack as
some sort of
unobtrusive piece of furniture? I'm pondering making a bench or
sideboard-like thing to compactly conceal computer equipment.
Not exactly rack oriented, but IMO, a reasonable idea, under the right
circumstances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4WBTaz4NvY
David
PS: The Antique Radio folks _WILL_ tar and feather you if you gut a
restorable radio trying it.....
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