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Please help superboyac build a server (2013 edition).
wraith808:
What specifically did you not like about it? What features would you have preferred to see as your server box?
-superboyac (August 03, 2013, 02:32 PM)
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Screws for the enclosures. They're thumb screws, but in a server, I really don't want any screws. Take off the side to access the inside. On a server, I like for it to be a door. Airflow. It was good for a computer with two drives... but when I really started to use all of the bays as a server, heat became a real problem. And that cool looking fan was *no* help. I was also upgrading from a metal case... and I really wish I had a metal case back for my server. That's just a personal preference. Getting to the other side. Not very easy at all. The one door... like I said, thumbscrews. But the other door was a pain. And no motherboard tray.
It's just not a server box, IMO.
superboyac:
What specifically did you not like about it? What features would you have preferred to see as your server box?
-superboyac (August 03, 2013, 02:32 PM)
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Screws for the enclosures. They're thumb screws, but in a server, I really don't want any screws. Take off the side to access the inside. On a server, I like for it to be a door. Airflow. It was good for a computer with two drives... but when I really started to use all of the bays as a server, heat became a real problem. And that cool looking fan was *no* help. I was also upgrading from a metal case... and I really wish I had a metal case back for my server. That's just a personal preference. Getting to the other side. Not very easy at all. The one door... like I said, thumbscrews. But the other door was a pain. And no motherboard tray.
It's just not a server box, IMO.
-wraith808 (August 03, 2013, 04:25 PM)
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Nice, thanks.
Stoic Joker:
Worst case scenario, i was thinking of modifying the ac system so that one room gets 24/7 ac. i have my license for that, so i should be able to figure that out!-superboyac (August 03, 2013, 03:26 PM)
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Let me save you some time (since I just tried that with our new server room) it won't work. A central A/C unit doesn't cycle fast enough to deal with the localized heating produced by that much equipment. This however will do it quite nicely for about $278.
superboyac:
Worst case scenario, i was thinking of modifying the ac system so that one room gets 24/7 ac. i have my license for that, so i should be able to figure that out!-superboyac (August 03, 2013, 03:26 PM)
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Let me save you some time (since I just tried that with our new server room) it won't work. A central A/C unit doesn't cycle fast enough to deal with the localized heating produced by that much equipment. This however will do it quite nicely for about $278.
(see attachment in previous post)
-Stoic Joker (August 04, 2013, 08:44 AM)
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Nice, thanks man! That saves me a ton of research. I'm guessing it has a tube going outside somehow (yes it does, saw the pics). That's pretty damn convenient for my purposes, brilliant.
Stoic Joker:
It has a drain valve yes, but it hasn't produced a single drop in 3 months.
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