Looking for suggestions for a server rack at home

[kevman]

I was looking around on Ebay and they can be had pretty cheap, wondering what anyone out here on AT has for their setup.

 

[Fayd]

my uncle, who is not a computer guy, at my only semi-serious suggestion installed a server rack cart (he found on craigslist) in his den hosting his main desktop (a 4U server case i also suggested), a separate file server, other items relating to media, a router, and a server-scale ups.

the whole thing's actually pretty quiet. i was kind of impressed. even with hard-mounting the harddrives, they're still barely noticeable.

 

[mfenn]

I'd probably consider it on a couple of conditions:
- You can find a decent 4-post square hole one for cheap
- You find one on Craigslist or Ebay local pick up (you do NOT want to ship one)
- You have a basement or somewhere else big to keep it

If you meet those conditions, you can get a decent pile of retired server and network gear for damn cheap and really have a cool setup.