[AusNOG] Test lab storage / racking

[ComKal Networks]

Hi Julien,

> What do people do for their lab gear?
> And for home use there's often space issues with a rack.

I use two racks I bought at a Port Melbourne auction about
8 years ago for $1 a piece. Then attacked both with a grinder
and drill to get the hieght down to 1.7m. I use shelfs on these
for everything except the gigaswitch is bolted on the top of
the frame, and the power filter/outlet is bolted on the bottom
of the frame. I dont use the side or door panels either, just
the rack frame.

> My own home lab is very quickly expanding and needs something more then
> a pile in a corner of my home office (fortunately my personal M40e has
> now been sold, or this would be a *much* bigger problem).

I gave my RS6000 F50 away as its was just to big, kept a desktop
boxed RS6000 though. Would like to get a MicroVAX 3600 or
something similiar (read small) for nostalgic reasons but that can
wait until I go from Melbourne to Perth. Still have IBM PC Servers
500 and 720 just for the memories of all those SCSI disks powering up :o)

Cheers
Ian Manners
ComKal Networks Australia