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• Friday, September 25 2009 @ 10:04 PM UTC
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Museum Server Racks - Part 4

• Friday, May 23 2008 @ 12:35 PM UTC
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We have declared the new server space project "Done!" and have started to move in the servers.





There are some complexities with our situation of sharing physical space with one of the world's largest collections of Lepidoptera:

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Museum Server Racks - Part 3

• Monday, April 21 2008 @ 05:16 PM UTC
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We have cooling!



The first server has been installed:

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Museum Server Racks - Part 2

• Thursday, April 03 2008 @ 09:34 PM UTC
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A lot of progress has been made since the project began. These pictures show some of the intermediate steps.

Here I am installing a vertical PDU (Power Distribution Unit):

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Museum Server Racks - Part 1

• Wednesday, March 05 2008 @ 02:54 PM UTC
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The museum has allocated part of a collection room for server space. I am posting a few pictures to track the progress of that project so far.

Here are the racks the day we first rolled them into place. We are using the 42U APC NetShelter 750mm wide SX (AR3150) enclosures. The extra width allows for easier cable managment within each rack.



Unpacking rack and server accessories makes a lot of clutter:

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