Hole?
I have the one server in the studio, and soon its moving to the basement with the other four, once the new power circuit is run downstairs.
Ethernet lets you put anything anywhere.
Also Black Box (and other companies) allow remote extenders close to 500' for mouse, keyboard, and video, over cat 5 cable (same as ethernet).
Mount network plate on wall, caulk plate to wall, screw tightly, and its soundproof enough that you don't have to worry about it.
Your local PC is different, with all the audio/midi hardware its tough to locate that too far away.A sound proof enclosure is the way to go, even if you stick it in a closet and just feed the closet cold air from your air conditioning.
My first "server farm" was a BBS system that people dialed into, sixteen IBM AT's actually, with a 14.4k Modem. Remember those days? Anyway, i had a wall mount A/C installed in a closet that was against an outer wall, had the A/C blowing into the closet, and the exhaust obviously was outside.
Depends on your space and how you have it set up. I can help you with ideas if you want, I've done this before.
Frederic
midiguy732@hotmail.com
Fret said:
My original thought was to put the server in the next room but I didn’t want to have to poke a hole in the soon to be soundproof wall in order to access the server. Unless of course someone knows of a good cupboard sized door that would seal for sound proofing purposes and still allow access to the system. My other thought was to remove some of the fans but that could cause too many expensive problems. It is in my basement and only a 733 PIII (soon to be 2 733 PIIIs) so I’m only kind of worried about heat. The isolation racks that Frederic mentioned was what I kind of had in mind. Can you recommend a link to check some out?
Thanks for the help