Reddit reviews Samson SRK21 Universal Rack Stand
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21-Space, 19" universal equipment racksHeavy-duty steel construction with fully enclosed sidesFront and rear rack railsCompatible with U.S. and metric screw thread sizesU.S. and metric rack screws included3” (75mm) locking casters for easy transport and fixed installation300lb (with casters), 450lb (without casters) of weight capacitySide perforations for passive ventilationBlack brushed, anodized finish
I used the same adapter to rackmount my USG.
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If you want to rackmount your switch, buy the 16 port version...not that much more expensive.
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I built my rack on this, and it's been awesome: 19" Rack with Wheels
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Here are some other items for your rack:
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Cable Routing
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5U Drawer
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1 U Shelf
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1 U Power Strip (PDU)
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Keystone Patch Panel
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My NAS is rackmount, as well as the UPS.
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I have the keystone patch panel on the back of the rack. I have all my network stuff on the rack (cable modem, NAS, switches, USG, etc.). I bring all of the connections into the keystone patch panel (ethernet RJ45, telephone RJ11 (comes out of cable modem), RF for cable modem, etc). I then route form the other side of the keystone patch panel into the rack. I made the external connections long enough so that I can easily move the rack to work on it (when it's powered up). However, if I need to move it far, everything just disconnects from the back easily.
Errm, perhaps a generic build but pretty simple would be:
CPU: E3 1230 or 1245 (Or better if your budget suits)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BX80646E31230V3-Quad-Core-Processor-3-3GHz/dp/B00D69PY1C/
Motherboard: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HWLICLO
(Frankly anything with a 1150 socket will work, the asus are usually pretty good value, server motherboards take ECC RAM usually, but that's the main difference, you can customise to get the ports that you want, pcie and ethernet)
RAM - ECC (Error Correcting Code)
this would be an example of some
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-ValueRam-DDR3-1600/dp/B008LMNXS0/
Power Supply
PSU, if you have built desktops, then you should know, but something between 300-500w will be more than enough, you can use a standard desktop PSU if redundancy // reliability aren't of the utmost importance, but I've run consumer grade PSUs for years 24/7)
Case:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Codegen-500mm-4U-Rack-Mount/dp/B008IB9TH8/
Generic cheap case, I have one, it's not too shabby. If you go for 2u or 1u case, you will need to buy a special size PSU
*** This is a pretty generic guide, I invite anyone to improve it, you can probably find parts for a lot cheaper, or more efficient for the particular use. The use of a 4U case does take up more room than preferred, but it's an easy size to start with, and allows generic desktop PSU).
If this isn't beefy enough for your needs, you can always build multiple, and cluster them for virtualisation, or bump up to an E5 and/or E5 dual processor.
You can use the same build (just change case, and add raid card/SAS expander) if you wanted to build a NAS with many hard drives for central storage, it's a pretty generic/robust setup of components.
If you're looking for a cheap RACK in EU http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B000QDLPHS is decent, just got one. Beware it lacks the depth for rails though.
Please pm me if you would like
As I said, if anyone has any suggestions/changes, please suggest