Author Topic: IKEA Server Rack Hack only $14.99!!  (Read 5782 times)

Offline trevelyn

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IKEA Server Rack Hack only $14.99!!
« on: March 08, 2009, 04:47:03 PM »
Yeah, i built a server rack for $14.99!

http://tinyurl.com/bndc4j
http://weaknetlabs.com/temporary/rack2.jpg

I need more units for it though, when i get more, i'll just buy another one and stack them on the floor or just remove the LCD (i can do everything remotely anyways).

Theres a video fo it too on my YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/hh89hh89  Man, i am fucking tired..
Oh yeah, sorry I missed your calls, i have a phone now thanks to Altalp so if you wanna call me this week that'd be cool.
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« Last Edit: March 08, 2009, 04:50:40 PM by trevelyn »

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Re: IKEA Server Rack Hack only $14.99!!
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 05:35:16 PM »
That's a pretty cool find for 15 bucks, but how sturdy is it? Those crossbeams don't really look like I'd want to put 100 pounds on them.

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Re: IKEA Server Rack Hack only $14.99!!
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2009, 07:35:17 PM »
Looks great!  I wonder if it would survive the extreme treatment you gave the ShmooCon hotel's rack.

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Re: IKEA Server Rack Hack only $14.99!!
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2009, 03:49:31 AM »
it actually is quite sturdy.  I think the HP server is 100 lbs alone. heh.  its designed so that ll for corners are connected - like a metal box kind of, and the the units fit into it very tightly, kinda like holding themselves in, while restingon the brackets that would normally hold the steel wire bins.

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Re: IKEA Server Rack Hack only $14.99!!
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2009, 04:55:54 AM »
Wow. You have some old Sun stuff. It's too bad that you're a ways away from me because I'd probably be able to get you a Sunfire that is no more than two years old on the cheap.

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Re: IKEA Server Rack Hack only $14.99!!
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2009, 05:13:05 AM »
uhm, the netras? to me they aren't old at all.  In fact, I still have a Sparcstation20 that i was using to host files via SMB to stream to my xbox up until recently.  And i could always pay for shipping :P