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#import "/global/common.typ": *
#let doc = [
Migrating my home-lab to a more permanent home.
= tldr;
#fig("a-rack-finally/tldr.webp", alt: "before and after pic")
Mostly.
= motivation
This is what we are working with. It's a "rack" split into
two...lets be generous and call it _zones_.
If you squint hard-enough you can make out a chair that has the first
zone, and that shoe-rack houses the second zone.
#quote(block: true)[
context: When I lived in a tiny apartment, the shoe-rack was the whole thing.
Once I moved to a larger space, naturally, I expanded. Unfortunately a worn-out
chair was all that was left of my budget at the time :)
]
#fig("a-rack-finally/annotated.webp", alt: "all my equipment annotated")
+ See that NAS up there? It came with rack-rails. Sure would be nice
to use them so that I don't have to take eveything above it off every time
I need to get into my NAS.
+ I have 24P PoE switch sitting in box that I have no desire
to introduce to this mess. Would be nice to use it to try out some home
security camera stuff (also out of my budget).
+ It's an eye-sore. Literally, every time I venture into my basement, I think to
myself: _got to fix that!_
= build
So I picked up this 9U adjustable-depth rack, with two rack-shelves and casters from ebay
for around a \$100.
Though technically possible, it's a PITA to adjust.
Would not recommend doing it more than once.
I adjusted it to fit the length of my rack-rails kit for my NAS.
Fortunately, this length gives me _just_ enough clearance to rack
mount two rack-shelves back-to-back. More on this later.
#quote(block: true)[
I had already measured my stuff prior to purchasing the rack.
]
#fig("a-rack-finally/rack.webp", alt: "my new rack assembled")
Its cheap, but sturdy enough once assembled. It will do the job for now.
= lift & shift
First things to go in are the patch-panel and my new (to me)
Brocade switch.
#fig("a-rack-finally/switch-and-patch-panel.webp", alt: "switch and patch panel in")
After some wrangling with the console port, I got it configured.
#fig("a-rack-finally/switch-reset.webp", alt: "console into switch from laptop")
My rack rails in action.
#fig("a-rack-finally/rack-rails.webp", alt: "sliding in the NAS on the rack rails")
And the rest of the crap.
Hopefully, now you can see why I needed those shelves to fit back-to-back...
#fig("a-rack-finally/side-vew.webp", alt: "side view of the rack to show the shelves.")
Still kind of a mess, but less of an eye-sore?
#fig("a-rack-finally/rear-view.webp", alt: "rearview of the rack to show the shelves.")
In hindsight, I probably should've gone with a 15U :)
= final
Ended the day with this.
#fig("a-rack-finally/final.webp", alt: "final rack at the end of the day")
Checking back the next day...things were normal since the big shift.
Yay we survived!
#fig("a-rack-finally/survived.webp", alt: "grafana metics")
And...oh well.
#fig("a-rack-finally/24hlater.webp", alt: "final final")
]
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