yelnatsch517 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I was just wondering where you guys have your unRaid servers located. I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post this, but felt it was appropriate since it's a little on the compulsive side. We all know HDDs are sensitive to vibrations so I'm wondering if you guys have your servers located in the same room as your home theater or in a different room. I currently have mine located in another room upstairs while my HT is downstairs. I don't know how many HDDs I'd kill if my server were located in the same room as my subwoofer. Quote Link to comment
jeff.lebowski Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The network panel and coaxial cable termination is in my master bedroom closet, so that's where the cable modem, router, first switch, temperature monitor, and server are located. I previously built shelves there for clothes storage, with plans for a server on the top shelf. That top shelf got the attention it deserves; 2"x3" stud framing, with screws into every stud I could find, and a 3/4" melamine shelf. It works perfectly there. Quote Link to comment
cassiusdrow Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 My network panel (such as it is) and all modems/routers/switches/servers are in my office in my finished basement. The network "rack" is made from IKEA GROM (formerly STEN) shelving. My primary viewing system is in the living room, with a secondary system in the master bedroom. Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 My server is in my office (a.k.a. my lab). This room contains my desktop computer, my personal server, and (at the moment) three test servers and a fourth motherboard testing rig. My router and modem are also in this room. I run a 100 ft Cat6 cable out to the living room to connect my HTPC, game console, etc. I too have wondered if sound from a subwoofer could damage your hard drives over time, but I've never read anything conclusive about it. I also used to worry about placing hard drives next to a sub and having them magnetically erased, but I've been assured that this isn't a problem either. Quote Link to comment
mbryanr Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 unRAID server is inside an previously unused TV cabinet (who uses those anymore?) in the media room. Just had to make some mods to ensure I had sufficient airflow when the front doors were closed. Switches, modem, and all the other gadgets are in the cabinet. Quote Link to comment
bkasten Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 My unRAID server sits in my utility room (split-level house). I figure it is a utility appliance, so it can sit with my hot-water heater and furnace, etc. It is in the bottom shelf of my utility shelf, with all the rest of my networking equipment scattered about above it, cable modem, switches etc.. The house itself is wired for cat 5a. The fans are kind of loud, but it makes no difference where it is sitting. If can compete with the other equipment, and there is no noticeable 'extra' noise in the rest of the house that way. The server has proven so reliable that it has not moved from it's place, except for the recent motherboard upgrade for about 10 months. I figure it will sit there for years. I have 5 in 3's, so adding more drives as needed is no problem, and requires no movement of the server itself. It is in a quiet, out of the way spot, and no one but me sees it. I like it like that. Bruce Quote Link to comment
yelnatsch517 Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 My server is in my office (a.k.a. my lab). This room contains my desktop computer, my personal server, and (at the moment) three test servers and a fourth motherboard testing rig. My router and modem are also in this room. I run a 100 ft Cat6 cable out to the living room to connect my HTPC, game console, etc. I too have wondered if sound from a subwoofer could damage your hard drives over time, but I've never read anything conclusive about it. I also used to worry about placing hard drives next to a sub and having them magnetically erased, but I've been assured that this isn't a problem either. I know for sure my subwoofer will damage spinning harddrives, but that's only because I'm using this: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=293-666 in a custom box powered by this: http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/EP4000.aspx. Quote Link to comment
kizer Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Mine like Rajahal is in my office. I keep it in my closet with the door off since I built a shelf system to house it. I ran Cat5E through the house and one drop behind my TV in the livingroom and in my guest room so they can watch Movies or Tv shows. However I do have a smaller TV in my office that I often do watch some media on now and then when I'm chased out of the living room or guest room. Quote Link to comment
Joe L. Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Old unRAID server is in the workshop adjacent to the back of the theater. I have basically the identical power amplifier, but powering a pair of Ascendent Audio Avalanche 18" drivers, each in a sealed 12.5 cubic foot enclosure. http://www.htguide.com/forum/showpost.php4?p=249623&postcount=22 better picture of the drivers here, taken when still building the enclosures: http://tinypic.com/ih1qvb.jpg 13L total displacement makes for a very dramatic experience.. Equalized to be flat to the single digits. There is a lot of infrasonic material in many movies. Had to weatherstrip the closet doors. At 17Hz they were moving about 1/2 inch in their frames. Doorknobs were rattling... cushioned their shafts with foam rubber too. New unRAID server is on second floor in a spare room. No subwoofer in sight. Vibration is not an issue with either... Joe L. Quote Link to comment
SSD Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Under stairs in my basement I have a room with patch panel to wired ethernet all over the home. 24 port gigabit switch. Internet comes into that room as does phone. Whole house music system also there, as well as a few other toys. 2 unRAID servers live happily there. Quote Link to comment
GarrettC Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I setup the unRAID server, Backup server and all desktop systems in the HVAC room in the basement. It stays mostly dust free and temp is an average 68 degree's. Its nice having all the systems in one location, makes upgrades and maintenance a breeze. Each of the desktop systems connect to a gigabit switch w/fiber uplink to 2 other gigabit switches in the house. Each TV in the house is used as a monitor and has a usb/video to cat6 converter to the desktops in the server room. Its nice only having a keyboard/mouse/monitor(tv) in each room. No noise... no bulky mess. If anyone needs a dvd-rom it just simply plugs in to the usb, use it then store it away. The theater room is just on the other side of the server room wall with sound deadning material between them. Basicly all thats seen in the theater room is the face of the HTPC thats flush with the wall itself. Quote Link to comment
nickcardwell Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Above the fridge in the kitchen! You cant actually see it (though you see the blue led light at night) , just a slight hum off it. Quote Link to comment
ProfQ Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Mine is also in my home office/lab/workshop. There's my cable modem, Gigabit 16 port switch, UPS and nerve center. Quote Link to comment
rfksolutions Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 My server is located in my media room in a DIY Rack. See more photos at https://picasaweb.google.com/111685000876437326897/HUMRackDe6U19Casero Quote Link to comment
Whaler_99 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 My main system is setup with a UPS in my crawl space - nice and cool location. Have a GB switch switch run in there and dedicated 15A circuit for power. Firewall and couple ofther systems also running in there. Shawn Quote Link to comment
StevenD Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 My server is located in my media room in a DIY Rack. See more photos at https://picasaweb.google.com/111685000876437326897/HUMRackDe6U19Casero Where did you get the 6U rack rails? Ive been looking for some and not really having any luck. Quote Link to comment
technojunkie Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Mine is stashed in the laundry closet. (The water heater closet wasn't big enough, and it's HOT) In my next house it will be in the utility room. My only problem is that I have to take a vacuum to the server once a month to clean out the laundry closet lint from the dryer. Quote Link to comment
jimwhite Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Mine is under my computer table, towards the back.... or at least it will be when I finish futzing with it and put the cover back on... so right now it's in the middle of the floor in my office! Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 In basement next to the electrical panel and 3 of my SageTV servers. Quote Link to comment
JustinAiken Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 When it got to hot to keep it in the basement storage closet, I had to bring it upstairs into the living room, right next to the window air conditioner. I put in an IKEA coffee table to keep the SAF acceptable. Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 SAF Spouse acceptance factor? Quote Link to comment
JustinAiken Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Yeah, it's hard to get the wife to appreciate a giant rackmount server in the frontroom Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Totally understood, I just generally see it as WAF. Quote Link to comment
MikeL Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 My server (1st unRAID) is in the basement with about 5-6 feet to the washer/dryer, and 7 feet to the furnace (Nat Gas) It is always cool there 60*-70* year round. It has been there for about 16-17 months with just one hard drive lost. (It was an old recommissioned drive from an NAS I had before the unraid build, Probably 4 years old at time of failure.) In my bedroom, and each of my two kids bedrooms, as well as the Family room, and living room I have PC's that feed the HDTV in those rooms, one is going on 6 years old with no HD failures. (The PC that is about 6 years old is on more then the server.) I can see vibrations causing HD failures if it is very close to a sub-woofer, but not just because it is in the same room. I wouldn't worry to much about that. Quote Link to comment
Chris Pollard Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Spare bedroom, couldn't have it in lounge, way too noisy. Quote Link to comment
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