[clug] Cabling your home and managing your boxen.

[Paul Wayper]

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Hi all,

I've rearranged my room again and so now my two always-on machines (firewall
and web server) are now sitting out in the open again.  This always makes me
think of putting a nice comprehensively organised cabling solution into the
house.  Hearing Mikal talk of his server cupboard also makes me think of
having all the 'working machines' out of the way in their own (ventilated but
soundproof) space.  All in all I'm probably looking at sixteen connected
devices, including phones.

So what do other people do with their home boxen?  Do you spend the money on
getting an actual rack with power rails and cabling patch panels?  How do you
make sure that your hidden media server gets the power, air and data it needs?
 Are there racking and equipment stores that will accept a private punter off
the street?

Hoping for your input,

Paul
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