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[Micromecca]

Thought I would share the progress of a Client Install. It is all based around MC19 and will be using 2 servers (one is currently just a chassis reserved for future expansion), 7 media centers and various android & apple devices.

The client (who will from now on be refered to as Ray) decided that they would like to place as much as possible in a central location and hide as much equipment from view as possible, luckily they have a decent sized cupboard that is kind-of central to the 2 main ground floor locations, (AV/Family Room & Lounge) and also a bedroom directly above so out with the 'cupboard-in-a-cupboard'



Ray is a brilliant fabricator and decided to make the rack himself, it will be wall mounted and slide back and forth to allow easy access to the rear

Doesnt Take him long to knock this up:



Checking for fitting:



The Budget Rack Cases we chose to use have top ventilation so we have left a little room to breath between them:
(they also have push/pull air cooling on the front/rear if needed)



Rack fits perfectly in its location, we managed to in squeeze in a shelf for just about everything (I will list the other kit later)



Slides back and forth very easily, I should just about be able to get my fat ass round the back:




The rack is now off to the Powder Coaters while the cupboard is prepared so more to follow soon....

[jmone]

Good stuff - looking forward to seeing how the build goes!

[Micromecca]

Have made a start on the 3 media centers that will be living in the rack, despite them being a bit flimsy these cases are really good value for money and perfect for the job with bags of room inside.



Hardware is pretty basic for these:
Budget H61 mATX Motherboard
i3 3220 CPU
4GB 1600mhz RAM
64GB SSD
GTX650Ti Graphics
300watt efficient PSU

[MrC]

Pretty nice project.  I spec'd and built a server room for a client once.  I wrote this, in a beta thread earlier this year:

I built a server room for a client once.  It was a fun project.  I had to drill some holes in the concrete slab to bolt down the various server racks.  So I brought my little drill in and started drilling.   And drilling.  And drilling.  15 minutes later, I brushed away the concrete dust with my numb hands, and saw I'd made a dent.  I then called over some construction guy with a hardhat, who brought over a real man-sized hammer drill, and punched 12 holes in under 2 minutes.  I still feel the shame.  Lesson learned - never let underpowered hardware get the better of you.

[Micromecca]

So I brought my little drill in and started drilling.   And drilling.  And drilling.

This really made me lol, thanks 

[Micromecca]

Lead time was way too long at the powder coaters so Ray decided to spray up the rack himself...

Primer going on..


I was suprised to see it completed in white, but it really made sense in such a small space, keeping it light and bright.


Main Server is pretty much sorted now:


It is using the following Hardware:
Z77 Motherboard
i7 3770 CPU (lots of transcoding will be taking place)
8GB 1600mhz RAM
Blu-Ray Reader (for ripping)
32GB SSD OS Drive (WHS2011)
Couple of 1Tb Drives used for backup and Temp Volumes for ripping etc
half a dozen 3 & 4TB drives that they had already (these will be going into a dedicated storage server running RAID 5 or 6 at some point)
TBS6284 Quad Freeview HD Tuner
Marvell 4 port SATA600 AHCI Controller (for the extra drives)

[Micromecca]

Cupboard has been tidied up and decorated so the rack went in and was loaded up today




It slides back and forth even smoother now with the extra weight on




Ethernet is pretty much ran to everywhere now but there is still some cable tidying and boxing in of pipes to do




So, on with the wiring of the rack....

[jmone]

Nice cable mgt    Can I borrow you around at my place!

[Micromecca]

That was all Ray mate, I would have thrown everything in a standard 19U but he's one of those guys who really enjoys making/doing bespoke stuff himself, people like that are a pleasure to work with.

and talking of cable management... in with the finger trunking