I am completely rewiring a 60 year old house (1-story, ~1300sf, 3/2 bed/bath, attached 1-car garage, brick veneer on slab), all of the ceilings have been taken down and the walls are open in some places. I have decided to wire the house with CAT6 solid UTP and RG6 and have all the runs end up in a closet where I'll install a 19"x7' rack. I'll be getting Time Warner Cable at first, but expect to be getting Google Fiber here in Austin next year. So I think I'll have a conduit installed from the service to the closet to accommodate whatever they need to install at that time.
I'll be getting a 24-port patch panel, a 24-port unmanaged gigabit switch, UPS, NAS, router, cable box, etc. and putting all that in the closet. Specifically for the closet, do I need to do anything in terms ventilation (the attic will be unvented, semi-conditioned space so maybe just leave the closet ceiling open or vented), and where should the power and network drops be located? How important is rear access for a rackmounted system like this? I might be able to get a door installed either on the back side of the closet or one of the sides.
Also I don't have any plans for a security system at this point, but if I have CAT6 installed for say, an alarm panel and a couple of motion sensors, will that work for a subsequent installation?
TIA
I'll be getting a 24-port patch panel, a 24-port unmanaged gigabit switch, UPS, NAS, router, cable box, etc. and putting all that in the closet. Specifically for the closet, do I need to do anything in terms ventilation (the attic will be unvented, semi-conditioned space so maybe just leave the closet ceiling open or vented), and where should the power and network drops be located? How important is rear access for a rackmounted system like this? I might be able to get a door installed either on the back side of the closet or one of the sides.
Also I don't have any plans for a security system at this point, but if I have CAT6 installed for say, an alarm panel and a couple of motion sensors, will that work for a subsequent installation?
TIA