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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
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      @aaronstuder probably pretty higb

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      • Deleted74295D
        Deleted74295 Banned @Alex Sage
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        @aaronstuder said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

        @gjacobse What's the cost on something like that?

        "Materials for an enclosed 20U server rack came out to just under $400. For an open rack it was only about $100 including casters."

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @Alex Sage
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          @aaronstuder said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

          @gjacobse What's the cost on something like that?

          Probably several hundred dollars.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
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            the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.

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            • travisdh1T
              travisdh1 @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

              the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.

              Yeah, that can be a big issue in a small living space!

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              • BRRABillB
                BRRABill @Dashrender
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                @Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.

                I was amazed at how much quiter my new (2015) server was than my old servers.

                Of course, that is just one. 🙂

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
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                  I'm fortunate enough that my house is large enough and arranged in the "right ways" so that I barely hear my server.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                    @DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                    I'm fortunate enough that my house is large enough and arranged in the "right ways" so that I barely hear my server.

                    Yeah I could put a setup like this in my HVAC room and probably be OK.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                      I'm fortunate enough that my house is large enough and arranged in the "right ways" so that I barely hear my server.

                      Yeah I could put a setup like this in my HVAC room and probably be OK.

                      You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...

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                      • BRRABillB
                        BRRABill @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 said

                        You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...

                        I do as well. It's called the basement. 🙂

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @BRRABill
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                          @BRRABill said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                          @DustinB3403 said

                          You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...

                          I do as well. It's called the basement. 🙂

                          Basements don't count because so do I.

                          I was thinking something drywalled, and finished for something that maybe get 5 minutes of attention a month. (to change the filters)

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                            @DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                            @Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                            @DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                            I'm fortunate enough that my house is large enough and arranged in the "right ways" so that I barely hear my server.

                            Yeah I could put a setup like this in my HVAC room and probably be OK.

                            You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...

                            Eh? My basement has three rooms - storage/HVAC, bathroom, and the rest is open area do whatever.

                            This is how I see many basements.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                              @DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                              @BRRABill said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:

                              @DustinB3403 said

                              You have a room in your house just for the HVAC equipment, I guess I am a plebeian...

                              I do as well. It's called the basement. 🙂

                              Basements don't count because so do I.

                              I was thinking something drywalled, and finished for something that maybe get 5 minutes of attention a month. (to change the filters)

                              Well it is a drywalled off area with extra storage and it's own door. But again, this is typical around here.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                I know a guy who built his own blade unit. Wooden blade enclosure and some simply power supplies and his own fans, then made it allow straight motherboards to slide in so that it make having a handful of systems running in a cluster super cheap. Pointless for production, but for a lab was very interesting.

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