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ouch! right in the power bill!
agrikk
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I have not posted pics here in a while, been working on my server room, so here is what it looks like now:
Actually looking more like a room now.
I have a dedicated thread for the project here with more pics:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1741530&page=4
Rough framing around network gear. Yum!
Carpentry work gives me wood. Pun intended.
Judging by all the switches it looks like it replaced leaning up against the wall, he doesn't really care too much lol.
How come? What's weird about a 24port RJ45 Cat6 patch panel? (Two bottom ones)
The top one is slightly different, but serves the same purpose.
Yeah, sorry - this forum doesn't auto re-size and I can't be bothered doing it myself.
jeffmoss26
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Cleanup job I've been working on for a customer.
We added 14 IP cameras and a POE switch, so I decided to move all the cabling to the adjacent wall. Gives me a lot more space to work with. The shelf in the first picture was shortened, moved under the backboard, and houses the router and UPS.
We added 14 IP cameras and a POE switch, so I decided to move all the cabling to the adjacent wall. Gives me a lot more space to work with. The shelf in the first picture was shortened, moved under the backboard, and houses the router and UPS.
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Hahaha nice. Yep even gel cells can have issues under certain circumstances. Interesting that only one 48v string blew though. Maybe it was actually thermal runaway or something related to a bad battery.
I've seen similar with battery banks in roadside telco equipment (DMS star module if I recall). Telco equipment like that can see very extreme temps, being outside.
I'd hate to see APC's price to replace those too.
I've seen similar with battery banks in roadside telco equipment (DMS star module if I recall). Telco equipment like that can see very extreme temps, being outside.
I'd hate to see APC's price to replace those too.
Krazypoloc
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I just replaced 8 of mine for $145. I'd consider that reasonable.
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Wow that's actually not too bad, when I wanted to replace just one they wanted like over 100 bucks. I can get those same batteries at a local electrical shop for about 15 bucks.
PSA: Check your UPS batteries. The APC self-test routine did not pick these up.
Get used it when running APC gear. They overcharge and overheat batteries. Probably on purpose to keep up their profits by selling you replacements. I've dumped them and switched to Cyberpower for cheap installs and Eaton for expensive installs.
From a few years ago. The lids of the batteries were deflected a good 1". I had to completely disassemble the APC unit to get the batteries out. Total pain in the ass. A colleague of mine had that happen to him on an APC SU2200. He had to pop all of the rivets out to get the blown batteries removed.
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Interesting I heard the same thing about APC overcharging batteries when I was doing research into how feasible it is to hookup marine batteries to them. I ended up going the inverter-charger route instead.
jeffmoss26
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Wow, I had a battery swell up inside a small desktop UPS but nothing like that!!
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When I worked at a hospital I had a call out from the help desk saying there was a UPS that caught fire. I got there and I could smell the famous burnt electronics smell throughout the main promenade, and I got to the location of the UPS and it smelled very strong in that room. They had unplugged it and everything so there was no actual fire, but lets just say it was burnt up. The battery was extremely hot to the touch too. They told me when they first caught it, it was just spewing out smoke and sparks. Guessing it went into thermal runaway or something and was just shorting out. That was a fun night.
Gotta like those totally off the wall call out moments. Sure beats the typical "computer froze in middle of surgery" troubles.
Gotta like those totally off the wall call out moments. Sure beats the typical "computer froze in middle of surgery" troubles.
Pics or Ban is what you meant
jeffmoss26
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Final cleanup:
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Are those Ubiquiti switches or routers? I recognize the shape
jeffmoss26
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Those are Ubiquiti POE switches for the cameras. They use 24V instead of 48V so we couldn't use the HP switch. Tried to get the customer to buy 2-8 port switches and the rack bracket but the cost was quite a bit more.
They make adapters that convert 48v to 24v
http://streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=I8023AF-ID
We have them on all of our APs. I have not tested them with their cams but they should work.
@Jay_oasis
That looks like an ECI cabinet, the 128-line model, but in green rather than black. What part of the UK are you in, just out of interest?
That looks like an ECI cabinet, the 128-line model, but in green rather than black. What part of the UK are you in, just out of interest?
Spent my friday refreshing the lab. New server has 2 quad core Xeons, 20 GB of RAM and 16 NICs, hoping it'll carry me through CCIE v5
what switches are those? thanks!
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Silver ones are 3750 POE editions, however it's hard to tell with the image if they are 3750G editions or not but the Green ones are 3560 non POE 100mb switches.
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waiting on my end of year gifts to arrive EMC VNX5800 should be showing up soon along with two Avamar nodes
EMC VNX5800 should be showing up soon along with two Avamar nodesI love some disks but no faceplate space always looks kinda weird. Then again the other end like the weirdo R805s look even weirder with just 2 disk bays.
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yeah, I realized that now...lol
waiting on my end of year gifts to arrive
Now those are some gifts. I need to have that problem
R805s look even weirder with just 2 disk bays.
R805s were a strange beast all in their own.
Just got done building this wall rack. I am not in the IT biz, so it is what it is.
Zyxel USG 100 With Blue Coat WebPulse feed/proxy., old definition AV and IDS.
Sophos/Astaro Home UTM in bridge mode = 8 Core Atom (22nm ) Rangeley processor in Supermicro Super Server. (maybe, custom built Kingston ram due this Friday. Lets hope the ISO loads )
Zyxel GS1900 smart switch. (no 16 port Procurve available and I am only a GUI guy = no Cisco)
Everything including cable power amp uses .6 amps to .8 (full load) = 70 watts and 95 watts
Small server rack
Wall server rack
Home server rack
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Zyxel USG 100 With Blue Coat WebPulse feed/proxy., old definition AV and IDS.
Sophos/Astaro Home UTM in bridge mode = 8 Core Atom (22nm ) Rangeley processor in Supermicro Super Server. (maybe, custom built Kingston ram due this Friday. Lets hope the ISO loads )
Zyxel GS1900 smart switch. (no 16 port Procurve available and I am only a GUI guy = no Cisco)
Everything including cable power amp uses .6 amps to .8 (full load) = 70 watts and 95 watts
Small server rack
Wall server rack
Home server rack
.
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