Ok...here is a real world solution for you. I have been to some of the worst areas of the world with all the gear I needed to deploy some exotic solutions. Part of the solution is high tech but all the most important components are low tech.
Traveling Enclosures - I use 2 AV Road cases which are used by sound engineers. Reason - the front and back come off, have racking built in and they are rugged.
Paint the exterior with an enamel based paint and let it cure.
Road case 1 is for the gear. Road case 2 is for charging equipment. You cannot relay on the local power and solar.
I will explain road case 2 first. Get a portable generator - gas/disel/propane whatever there is most plentiful in your region. Make sure there is an alternator or pickup one up. Get 2 wet cell car batteries...mount the batteries, your BDU and small UPS in the road case.
Road case 1 has your gear in it. I use the cheapest equipment because I expect it to be stolen at some time. I have a nextstar external mounted as an external. A pc104 board with 2 hard drives acting as my NAS. A regular linksys wireless router. Power strip and two cheap laptops. This way I can unplug what i don't need and plug in the things that I am using that moment. Feel free to customize with the gear you need. The only consideration is to never let 2 pieces of equipment be directly behind another for air flow.
The above acts as my mobile operations center. I usually use the smallest laptop or whatever is best for situations where there is an unknown schedule.
Now the important stuff (from high tech to low tech):
1. Order a box of oxygen eaters used for packing. These things are super cheap.
2. Vacuum Sealer and bags.
3. Food grade pail w/ a Gamma lid.
4. 2 cheap fans
5. Everywhere in the world has lump charcoal.
1-3 is to hold spare hard drives, backups or anything of importance.
4. Place the fans at the front and back of the road case. 1 to pull air and the other to suck air.
5. place lump charcoal in a gauze bag and put into road case to absorb humidity.
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Ok...here is a real world solution for you. I have been to some of the worst areas of the world with all the gear I needed to deploy some exotic solutions. Part of the solution is high tech but all the most important components are low tech. Traveling Enclosures - I use 2 AV Road cases which are used by sound engineers. Reason - the front and back come off, have racking built in and they are rugged. Paint the exterior with an enamel based paint and let it cure. Road case 1 is for the gear. Road case 2 is for charging equipment. You cannot relay on the local power and solar. I will explain road case 2 first. Get a portable generator - gas/disel/propane whatever there is most plentiful in your region. Make sure there is an alternator or pickup one up. Get 2 wet cell car batteries...mount the batteries, your BDU and small UPS in the road case. Road case 1 has your gear in it. I use the cheapest equipment because I expect it to be stolen at some time. I have a nextstar external mounted as an external. A pc104 board with 2 hard drives acting as my NAS. A regular linksys wireless router. Power strip and two cheap laptops. This way I can unplug what i don't need and plug in the things that I am using that moment. Feel free to customize with the gear you need. The only consideration is to never let 2 pieces of equipment be directly behind another for air flow. The above acts as my mobile operations center. I usually use the smallest laptop or whatever is best for situations where there is an unknown schedule. Now the important stuff (from high tech to low tech): 1. Order a box of oxygen eaters used for packing. These things are super cheap. 2. Vacuum Sealer and bags. 3. Food grade pail w/ a Gamma lid. 4. 2 cheap fans 5. Everywhere in the world has lump charcoal. 1-3 is to hold spare hard drives, backups or anything of importance. 4. Place the fans at the front and back of the road case. 1 to pull air and the other to suck air. 5. place lump charcoal in a gauze bag and put into road case to absorb humidity.