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Stories · 3

  1. Building Rackmount Cabinet for Home Use?

    Hardware · Hardware · · posted by Cliff · from the D-I-Y-but-remember-Y-M-M-V dept. · 269 comments
    Timothy M. Schumann asks: "I am trying to build a small rack mount cabinet for my family to help with the clutter of our home network. I don't want to purchase a rack or cabinet pre-manufactured; I would like to build my own. However, I have been unable to find a list of physical specifications that racks and cabinets must conform to when built, so I was wondering if any Slashdot readers could help me find such information? Just for a frame of reference, I'm looking for something along the same detail level as the BTX form factor specs that can be found here. Any input on cost effective hardware choices for rack mountable UPSs, switches and/or cases is also welcome." This topic was originally discussed some two years ago, and while there was some useful information was presented, the basic question wasn't really answered. If you were going to try and build a custom rackmount enclosure for yourself (or someone else), how would you go about doing it?

  2. New BTX Form Factor Announced At IDF

    Hardware · Intel · · posted by timothy · from the why-does-factor-follow-form dept. · 269 comments
    xyote writes "A new motherboard form factor was announced at IDF today. See Google News for various press stories on it (how's that for up to date links?). Also, go here for the actual BTX specs."

  3. New BTX Form Factor Announced At IDF

    Hardware · Intel · · posted by timothy · from the why-does-factor-follow-form dept. · 269 comments
    xyote writes "A new motherboard form factor was announced at IDF today. See Google News for various press stories on it (how's that for up to date links?). Also, go here for the actual BTX specs."