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Building Rackmount Cabinet for Home Use?
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?
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I've found that 90% of what I need a rack for can be accomplished with steel wire shelving. It's sturdy and it'll give you the neat and professional appearance you're looking for. The wire shelving also provides handy cable management, all you need is tie-wraps.
http://www.glr.com/safco/wireshelving.html has a 72 inch tall unit for under a hundred bucks. Also check out www.metro.com.
Cooling is trivial, because these open-air wire frames allow superlative air flow. Best of all, you don't need to buy rack-mount equipment, just stack all your desk-top gear and you're all set. Desktop cases are cheaper and easier to get anyway, and shelving is cheaper than a rack, so if all you need is a neat way of organizing your PCs, why go nuts?
Wire shelving also has a boatload of available accessories, such as slide-out shelves, desktops, corners - all sorts of goodies.
They even come in a variety of colors.
My only caveat to you: buy the sturdy stuff. some of the lightweight consumer oriented models are just that: too lightweight!