shoulda, woulda, coulda...

A couple of years ago I had some cable pullers come in and run a
backbone between floors. I so should have had him run a couple of runs
to my storage space.

I have a homelab with a laptop running Proxmox, an old Synology NAS, a
laptop fan keeping the server cool, and an external USB drive as a
backup target.

The laptop fan is starting to make noise. Now that it's getting warmer
here, the NAS fans are kicking in more often. The external drive makes a
clunk every once in a while. The NAS has 5 2TB spinning drives
chattering away...

If I had those runs into the storage space, I could have a nice, cool, soundproof space for my servers.

I may need to move some of my equipment around into a storage armoire - currently, they're sitting on top. By putting them inside, they'll be
quieter, but I'm worried about heat buildup.



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I may need to move some of my equipment around into a storage armoire -

Is an armoire one of them fancy schmancy uptown server cabinets? :)

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Re: Homelabs and noise
By: Spectre to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon May 27 2024 08:37 pm

Is an armoire one of them fancy schmancy uptown server cabinets? :)

It's a cabinet with two swinging doors on the top half and lots of cubby drawers on the bottom. The Cabinet had my printers and CD binders, office supplies and so on, and the "homelab" sits on top.
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I may need to move some of my equipment around into a storage armoire - currently, they're sitting on top. By putting them inside, they'll be quieter, but I'm worried about heat buildup.

Nah - you don't have tons of equipment... you'd be surpised how much air a boxfan will move across/thru your equipment rack. That being said, there are server/homenet specific products [not a box fan] that will do the same...

In your space that you described, I would put 8U worth of servers and other hardware... you'll be just fine IMO.



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On 26 May 2024, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

shoulda, woulda, coulda...

A couple of years ago I had some cable pullers come in and run a
backbone between floors. I so should have had him run a couple of runs
to my storage space.

I get that but why not run it yourself? I have my lab in the basement of my house so its always cold year round. You can always get a point to point connection with Ubuquity. I'm sure I spelt that wrong but they go miles in the open and if you need to turn it up though many solid things. I use one to sync up my garage so I can have good Wifi in the back yard. Having a plaster house not much gets in our out through that chicken wire.

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claw wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

A couple of years ago I had some cable pullers come in and run a
backbone between floors. I so should have had him run a couple of runs
to my storage space.

I get that but why not run it yourself?

I had to run the cabling between floors, I was happy to have them
figure out the best route - because I would have been way off!

I've done structured cabling for years, but with cable trays, sleeves,
conduits and before drywall goes up - I'm out of my element in a house.
:)


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