Originally posted by: WarmAndSCSI
Originally posted by: Trygve
Originally posted by: WarmAndSCSI
Good, I seriously doubt anybody here has a "real" rack-mount setup - it costs a ridiculous amount of money for like... 2 or 3 servers maybe?
How so? Now, I have been replacing rack cabinets with relay racks for space reasons, but that's still rack-mounting. Or do only full-sized rack cabinets count as real?
It's impractical for any home user who doesn't really have space issues.... truly overkill
But who doesn't have space issues (whether diskspace or floorspace)? Not only does a whole lot of stuff come in rackmount form anyway, you can get rackmount shelves, keyboard drawers, even fans, so it's hard to beat when it comes to packing equipment into a reasonable amount of space with access to the front and back.
For that matter, a lot of audio and video gear is either rack-mountable or fits easily on a rack shelf. Most consumer "A/V racks" don't hold more than a few components anyway, so having something that's reasonably close to floor-to-ceiling in size and has a lot of flexibility as far as where you put the shelves is very convenient.