yesir. We use them in our Headend to monitor channels that are escalated for issues such as audio desync and Tiling and our Lineman don't see the issue field-side.
7:08 those product pictures are like that, because those rack-mounted monitors are mostly geared towards the live broadcasting space of sport events e.g. That's also why you see a Blackmagic rack-mount monitor there. This is also the reason why they're very expensive: they are probably color calibrated in such a way that they are suitable for live broadcasts.
just anwering that, also was broadcast engineer, not all racks are created for server, note those monitor`s description, broadcast sdi rack mount monitor
Video Engineer here. Can confirm this is exactly why those monitors show those pictures. These monitors are designed for broadcast television, not server rooms. However the price is mostly because they use the professional SDI signal standard as an input rather than something consumer like HDMI. And from the fact that they are built with a rugged metal chasis, not cheap plastic. The monitors shown are not color calibrated. Color calibrated broadcast television monitors are much much more expensive. $10k and up. For that reason we actually generally use very few color true monitors. Most monitors are just there to confirm what signal is going where, then you have one or two color critical monitors used for actual signal engineering.
One more thing. I love how IT people think that racks are only used by them. The 19" equipment rack was first standardized in 1922 by AT&T for relays. The idea of equipment racks dates all the way back to railways in the late 19th century. And us in the video production industry have been using equipment racks since well before the internet or IT even existed.
What I came up with in 2 years of using server rack at home: 1) UPS is not needed in my case. I lived in an old house with bad wiring, so I immediately attended to this issue and spent a lot on it. They are very expensive, and supplying only two GPU farms would cost more than the cost of the rack itself, and the batteries need to be changed every few years. As a result, I extended a separate power line from the electricity meter with it's own RCD and installed a voltage stabiliser + do checkpoints more often 2) extra shelves clogged with the wrong stuff 3) sitting at the rack is not very convenient, each time pushing-pulling out the periphery tires. If space permits, it is better to put a compact table nearby. It's not as aesthetically pleasing, but much more convenient. 4) It is better not to put a 3D printer on a server rack. Rack is not super solid, nor is the shelf, and the 3D printer can produce vibrations. The difference in print quality on the floor vs rack is small, but noticeable 5) ground the rack and cases, less dust will accumulate :)
I threw my 3D Printer in my Rack - hugely recommend. Some LED Strips when it's on and it turns into a center piece for it. I also have an open frame and instead of an actual monitor rack like you went with, I just use a simple Monitor arm that's off to the side clamped onto the shelving I used for the 3D Printer - allows me to reposition it when I'm working on something else on my workbench which is right next to it - very similar to your setup.
7:13 those monitors are for broadcast live events or tv stations, that's why the advertise them with live events because the "control master" needs to see many cameras. Those monitors are also rack mounted because the control tv room also have many racks, but I'm not sure that those racks has the same width of network racks, so they probably won't fit.
@@mirror71 I believe the 23" racks are for older telco gear. I worked in tv for 11 years and never saw a rack that wasn't 19". Biggest difference I saw between racks marketed to A/V pros and those marketed to IT is that the A/V ones always rails with tapped holes with #10/32 or #8/24 threads instead of square cutouts for cage nuts. But anyways, always 19".
@@eh5806 I'm probably out of date here. The last time I worked in that area was right as the switch from analog to digital was happening. At that time, we were primarily 19" but still had some 23" gear that was always a pain.
there are also event streamers that put racks in their road cases and simply open up a side of the case and just power it up and are ready to go quickly. There are so many uses.
The KVM cables are NOT normal VGA cables, they have extra data pins connected to the unit end that are then broken out at the server end on the USB cable. You put your universal rails in wrong, they mount from behind vertical rack rails.
7:15 live tv broadcasters have needs for small rack mounted moniters, when your monitoring multiple cameras and source feeds in the back of vans... my old job was autos electrical for a broadcaster, some those guys will have between 5 to a dozen rack mounted 10in screens and like 1x ultra wide or 2x 27in monitors at the console. Wiring side of things I couldn't tell ya, separate team handled that stuff, I just modified the vehicle electrical to support their gear and serviced the inverters, batteries and 12v electrical.
dont worry about the wood, I've had a wood floor in my rack for over 2 years at this point, as I dont have rails for my server and I dont want the cables in the back to break if the back of the server falls in while pulling it out.
You could maybe put a shelf behind the monitor for more lose stuff or put the monitor on a arm, otherwise would be cool if you built your own 1u monitor mouse keyboard combo :P
These Amazon rack mounts work great. "Rackstuds P20 Rack Mount Solution Series II - No More Cage Nuts! The Easiest and Safest Server Rack Solution in 19" Racks with Square Punched Vertical Rails | 20-Pack, Purple, 3.2mm/0.126" Version"
Just wanted to throw in the football ad stuff you said was because those are usually used by broadcasters, especially at live events, in like tailor made vans or mobile studios.
What is the total power consumption of entire rack ? I put a sticker on each machine mentioning how much a current it sucks at idle. And an ammeter at the rack top displaying the current in amperes. I will know when a machine goes bad it starts sucking more power. Or at least I will know when there is action taking place :)
expand your KVM with a PIKVM 3 - it would allow not only local to rack access but then network Access - i am doing this very soon for my tower rack just waiting for some mounts for the mac minis i have + a new storanator
Pretty sweet! I have a small data center in my lab (That support) eighteen servers and storage arrays for four enterprise (platforms) I am rebuilding my three racks (while recording the process...) from the ground up for a new layout... I like how you merge the tool cabinet as part of your back drop... Keep having fun and check out my stuff coming out soon... We need more guys like to help all the other out there... P.S. keep a eye on you cooling as you go...
I have a 1U KVM like the one you showed, but it was used and came with my rack. It's main problem is that it's so old that it's VGA and the older style PS2 keyboard/mouse connectors. Oh and the cables are about a billion feet long. I no longer use it because servers themselves all have IPMI or iDRAC interfaces that let you get virtual consoles.
Which monitor and vesa adapter are these? I swear, I need the exact same model, because that just looks so perfect and after seeing this, I don't want to have anything else. I didn't care that I need to take the monitor apar to get rid of the leg.
@@sentdex I gotcha. I realize you know what I mean though. Good that you are not obsesses with showing off your belongings and do it for your yourself.
I don't mind having towers at the bottom of the rack, in my experience this is quite common in home to small/medium business. Anyways this looks good and I'm jelly!
In this case the monitor did have the VESA mount apparently only to be able to attach something like a mini PC or diskless client to the back of the monitor
Not sure what you've done since this video, but I just commented on P1 and mentioned some 30-35" deep shelves you can get on Ama but, after looking closer at what you did with the wood, you might want to just stick with the wood in the bottom. Maybe cut another narrow piece to use the full width and maybe some joining brackets or other hardware on the bottom, so it is one joined piece of wood and just paint it black. I say this because a full-depth self would have to start at 1U and you're getting a little extra space doing it the way you have here. And also, there were not many full-depth shelves available at decent prices, and a sturdy one would be expensive. So, I think the wood idea might be better than a shelf if you just refine it a bit.
I have a question I would like to buy a fully managed refurbished cisco switch 2960s 24 ports, but is it better than for example buying a tp link? what would the advantages be besides cli configuration?
i guess the VGA and USB thing works like powerline, you have an analog signal between a frequency range and then you send digital signals on it using 2.4ghz or something similar and they never conflict.
I have a KVM switch that I got used. It has the built-in monitor that flips up. Unfortunately, the power button for the monitor broke. I don't use it any more anyway since everything else in my rack has iDRAC or IPMI now. Which is good because the KVM switch is old enough that it has PS2 keyboard and mouse connectors.
Why have the switches at the front? All the nics are in the back, so that's where the switches goes too. And before someone says the the switches goes in the front due to airflow, it totally doesn't matter with a free standing rack. Data centres with hot isles and cold isles have walls that prevents hot air from one side of the racks from mixing with cold air on the other side of the racks - with a free standing rack the hot and cold air mix no matter which way you mount the equipment. Secondly, don't put patch panels between two switches, that's just make the ports on the rear of the panel hard to see and reach. Put them at the top and in the back, that way the cabling from the rest of the house can come in from the top and not get in the way of the rest of the equipment in the rack.
Your build is very efficient. Why you don't sell your old PCs and buy new one for that system? I think it would be way cooler with multi CPU, multi GPU and multi OS.
I am in a space that I built for this purpose. Currently in the middle of a heat wave and things are more than comfy in here. Most of the heat-generating machines I already had anyway, I just changed how they're stored. I might have even net-reduced my power draw with all the monitors I've removed from the equation :D
My colegue was at client site in the server room and they had small monitor in the rack and Golf was playing on that so..someone may be watching fotball on that :)
man, what kind of setup do you use for filming? i mean ok this suggested to me i'm not a subscriber but for the first few seconds i almost swear i was watching a 3d render because of the lighting.....
I would recommend not pushing the back of the rack against the wall, but push it against a wall... sideways. That way, when you pull it out, you can get to both the front and back. Or even get to both sides without pulling it out at all. I can tell you with my desktop on the desktop, I always put mine sideways with the motherboard side facing outwards, with the back of the PC to the left, and the front to the right. If you want it to still look impressive sideways, what I'd do is make a flat easily removable side panel for the full length of the case, and then emblazon your company or whatever logo on it 🙂 Your original fronts and backs become... left and right side... and there is no stigma to mounting stuff "in the back". Fill it all out. It's not like you are going to have rows and rows of these things... like an IBM datacenter.
You should upload to Rumble as well. I know myself, and a fair chunk of other people are moving away from Google, and I would hate to lose your content.
Looks good man 👍 I’ve got a singular UPS battery in my rack: if you’re open to tinkering, you can run NUT (network ups tools) on a server (or raspberry pi), and even with a single battery it would last enough to safely save&shut down all your apps and servers, should anything happen
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Those rack monitors have football, etc. on them as they are meant for broadcast application.
yesir. We use them in our Headend to monitor channels that are escalated for issues such as audio desync and Tiling and our Lineman don't see the issue field-side.
Former Data Center Technician here: Rack design looks really amazing! Very well planned out for your use case!
'cept for that whole, laws-of-physics thing
7:08 those product pictures are like that, because those rack-mounted monitors are mostly geared towards the live broadcasting space of sport events e.g. That's also why you see a Blackmagic rack-mount monitor there. This is also the reason why they're very expensive: they are probably color calibrated in such a way that they are suitable for live broadcasts.
Beat me to in. I was a broadcast engineer before moving into rural paradise.
just anwering that, also was broadcast engineer, not all racks are created for server, note those monitor`s description, broadcast sdi rack mount monitor
Video Engineer here. Can confirm this is exactly why those monitors show those pictures. These monitors are designed for broadcast television, not server rooms.
However the price is mostly because they use the professional SDI signal standard as an input rather than something consumer like HDMI. And from the fact that they are built with a rugged metal chasis, not cheap plastic. The monitors shown are not color calibrated.
Color calibrated broadcast television monitors are much much more expensive. $10k and up. For that reason we actually generally use very few color true monitors. Most monitors are just there to confirm what signal is going where, then you have one or two color critical monitors used for actual signal engineering.
One more thing. I love how IT people think that racks are only used by them. The 19" equipment rack was first standardized in 1922 by AT&T for relays. The idea of equipment racks dates all the way back to railways in the late 19th century.
And us in the video production industry have been using equipment racks since well before the internet or IT even existed.
Thank you, just wanted to say that lol. Nice additions also Rob.
The rack is really beautiful and clean.l love the Monitor mount solution.
"Who's watching american football or nature documentaries *chuckles* on their server rack?"
-Sentdex, 2022, while gaming at his server rack
What I came up with in 2 years of using server rack at home:
1) UPS is not needed in my case. I lived in an old house with bad wiring, so I immediately attended to this issue and spent a lot on it. They are very expensive, and supplying only two GPU farms would cost more than the cost of the rack itself, and the batteries need to be changed every few years. As a result, I extended a separate power line from the electricity meter with it's own RCD and installed a voltage stabiliser + do checkpoints more often
2) extra shelves clogged with the wrong stuff
3) sitting at the rack is not very convenient, each time pushing-pulling out the periphery tires. If space permits, it is better to put a compact table nearby. It's not as aesthetically pleasing, but much more convenient.
4) It is better not to put a 3D printer on a server rack. Rack is not super solid, nor is the shelf, and the 3D printer can produce vibrations. The difference in print quality on the floor vs rack is small, but noticeable
5) ground the rack and cases, less dust will accumulate :)
Really nice build!
I threw my 3D Printer in my Rack - hugely recommend. Some LED Strips when it's on and it turns into a center piece for it. I also have an open frame and instead of an actual monitor rack like you went with, I just use a simple Monitor arm that's off to the side clamped onto the shelving I used for the 3D Printer - allows me to reposition it when I'm working on something else on my workbench which is right next to it - very similar to your setup.
This is great, first time seeing one of these setup form scratch.
These videos are amazing !!! It kinda gives me Lego vibe from seeing you create your rack ! So pleasant to watch.
7:13 those monitors are for broadcast live events or tv stations, that's why the advertise them with live events because the "control master" needs to see many cameras. Those monitors are also rack mounted because the control tv room also have many racks, but I'm not sure that those racks has the same width of network racks, so they probably won't fit.
They do fit....sometimes. While our server racks are almost always 19", the racks used in broadcast can be 19" and 23".
@@mirror71 I believe the 23" racks are for older telco gear. I worked in tv for 11 years and never saw a rack that wasn't 19". Biggest difference I saw between racks marketed to A/V pros and those marketed to IT is that the A/V ones always rails with tapped holes with #10/32 or #8/24 threads instead of square cutouts for cage nuts. But anyways, always 19".
@@eh5806 I'm probably out of date here. The last time I worked in that area was right as the switch from analog to digital was happening. At that time, we were primarily 19" but still had some 23" gear that was always a pain.
there are also event streamers that put racks in their road cases and simply open up a side of the case and just power it up and are ready to go quickly. There are so many uses.
The KVM cables are NOT normal VGA cables, they have extra data pins connected to the unit end that are then broken out at the server end on the USB cable. You put your universal rails in wrong, they mount from behind vertical rack rails.
I've always wanted a storage server. This gives me some motivation 👍🏻
Looks awesome man, very clean! inspiring to see what years of hard work and dedication has enabled you to build, well deserved!
OMG 😱, it's awesome Sentdex, so beautiful, I love it
Most if not all KVM switches support keyboard hot keys to operate them, so you probably can switch sources without removing your hand from keyboard
Youre building my dream rack setup, stop it. Looks so good
I hope I get a homelab like this one day. Just for funsies.
7:15 live tv broadcasters have needs for small rack mounted moniters, when your monitoring multiple cameras and source feeds in the back of vans... my old job was autos electrical for a broadcaster, some those guys will have between 5 to a dozen rack mounted 10in screens and like 1x ultra wide or 2x 27in monitors at the console.
Wiring side of things I couldn't tell ya, separate team handled that stuff, I just modified the vehicle electrical to support their gear and serviced the inverters, batteries and 12v electrical.
Nice!
With the cost of energy lately though I have cut right back, grates on me spending so much.
wow I really enjoyed it. what a satisfying rack and servers 🤩🤩🤩
This looks OOOOOOOOOOOOO, sooo clean!
This is the nerd edition of MTV Cribs. I love it!
love your spouse and/or kid(s), dog, whatever the way this guy loves his rack
dont worry about the wood, I've had a wood floor in my rack for over 2 years at this point, as I dont have rails for my server and I dont want the cables in the back to break if the back of the server falls in while pulling it out.
Jeff from Craft Computing uses a rack mount kvm for his home lab. You can check that out.
You could maybe put a shelf behind the monitor for more lose stuff or put the monitor on a arm,
otherwise would be cool if you built your own 1u monitor mouse keyboard combo :P
These Amazon rack mounts work great. "Rackstuds P20 Rack Mount Solution Series II - No More Cage Nuts! The Easiest and Safest Server Rack Solution in 19" Racks with Square Punched Vertical Rails | 20-Pack, Purple, 3.2mm/0.126" Version"
I like the ending visuals, great video as always!
I firmly believe that the first sentient AI will be born in a home lab like these and not in corporate or federal supercomputers
Just wanted to throw in the football ad stuff you said was because those are usually used by broadcasters, especially at live events, in like tailor made vans or mobile studios.
I can see The Boring Company's Flame thrower :D
what a home lab... insaneee...
Hey on my cheap little nine unit rack I use painted back plywood sheets as side panels 😂😂
just got here
this is cool af
What is the total power consumption of entire rack ?
I put a sticker on each machine mentioning how much a current it sucks at idle. And an ammeter at the rack top displaying the current in amperes. I will know when a machine goes bad it starts sucking more power. Or at least I will know when there is action taking place :)
expand your KVM with a PIKVM 3 - it would allow not only local to rack access but then network Access - i am doing this very soon for my tower rack just waiting for some mounts for the mac minis i have + a new storanator
Amazing, looks wonderful!
so great to see how far you have come dude!
Wow that is a beast of a computer
I had Nat Geo documentaries running on one of the servers in work on kvm monitor, nobody noticed until after I quit.
Pretty sweet! I have a small data center in my lab (That support) eighteen servers and storage arrays for four enterprise (platforms) I am rebuilding my three racks (while recording the process...) from the ground up for a new layout... I like how you merge the tool cabinet as part of your back drop... Keep having fun and check out my stuff coming out soon... We need more guys like to help all the other out there... P.S. keep a eye on you cooling as you go...
imagine having a8000 in homelab wtf
Looks amazing very nice job definitely a project to be proud of
inspirational
show us some switching between hard working machines
I don't know why i'm smelling something is coming, will be great ❤❤❤
A clean rack.
Genius!
KVM over IP is the way to go, then you get to practice setting up your maintenance vlan, or physically separate network.
I have a 1U KVM like the one you showed, but it was used and came with my rack. It's main problem is that it's so old that it's VGA and the older style PS2 keyboard/mouse connectors. Oh and the cables are about a billion feet long. I no longer use it because servers themselves all have IPMI or iDRAC interfaces that let you get virtual consoles.
looking very nice very jealous
that looks so freaking good
Excellent.
Which monitor and vesa adapter are these? I swear, I need the exact same model, because that just looks so perfect and after seeing this, I don't want to have anything else. I didn't care that I need to take the monitor apar to get rid of the leg.
This should be in your living room.
It is where I spend most of my time so I get to enjoy it :)
@@sentdex I gotcha. I realize you know what I mean though. Good that you are not obsesses with showing off your belongings and do it for your yourself.
Somehow, I never thought of looking up a VESA mount adapter for a server rack... I am now looking at them on Amazon. lol
I don't mind having towers at the bottom of the rack, in my experience this is quite common in home to small/medium business. Anyways this looks good and I'm jelly!
In this case the monitor did have the VESA mount apparently only to be able to attach something like a mini PC or diskless client to the back of the monitor
Not sure what you've done since this video, but I just commented on P1 and mentioned some 30-35" deep shelves you can get on Ama but, after looking closer at what you did with the wood, you might want to just stick with the wood in the bottom. Maybe cut another narrow piece to use the full width and maybe some joining brackets or other hardware on the bottom, so it is one joined piece of wood and just paint it black. I say this because a full-depth self would have to start at 1U and you're getting a little extra space doing it the way you have here. And also, there were not many full-depth shelves available at decent prices, and a sturdy one would be expensive. So, I think the wood idea might be better than a shelf if you just refine it a bit.
8:42 "Is this my new house?", _The Dog_
I always mount my switches to the back... I know its not ideal for heat exchange, but pulling all cables neatly to the front is a PiTA.
I have a question I would like to buy a fully managed refurbished cisco switch 2960s 24 ports, but is it better than for example buying a tp link? what would the advantages be besides cli configuration?
tha racked monitors with football and other stuff is for live TV or movie productions
excuse my ignorance. what porpuser would this take in a home? in other worlds what are the main tasks you use it for?
i guess the VGA and USB thing works like powerline, you have an analog signal between a frequency range and then you send digital signals on it using 2.4ghz or something similar and they never conflict.
Add Vertiv PDUs. Do you have two separate utility services? Or at least two independantly UPS'd circuits?
I have a KVM switch that I got used. It has the built-in monitor that flips up. Unfortunately, the power button for the monitor broke. I don't use it any more anyway since everything else in my rack has iDRAC or IPMI now. Which is good because the KVM switch is old enough that it has PS2 keyboard and mouse connectors.
is this rack in a garage? how do you cool it down, does it get hot in the summer?
pretty neat!
Looks great
Why have the switches at the front? All the nics are in the back, so that's where the switches goes too. And before someone says the the switches goes in the front due to airflow, it totally doesn't matter with a free standing rack. Data centres with hot isles and cold isles have walls that prevents hot air from one side of the racks from mixing with cold air on the other side of the racks - with a free standing rack the hot and cold air mix no matter which way you mount the equipment.
Secondly, don't put patch panels between two switches, that's just make the ports on the rear of the panel hard to see and reach. Put them at the top and in the back, that way the cabling from the rest of the house can come in from the top and not get in the way of the rest of the equipment in the rack.
7:10 in the broadcasting world they may have the rack in a truck and having a feed displayed live so you do not cut the signal.
Next year you have a super computer
The issue with a 42U rack is the urge to want to populate it. My first foray will be a rack at the most, half that size.
you can get some ibm or hp rackmount consoles kvm for like 100-200$ on ebay which have easily replacable part
Awesome!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Your build is very efficient. Why you don't sell your old PCs and buy new one for that system? I think it would be way cooler with multi CPU, multi GPU and multi OS.
That's looking pretty wicked :-) I presume that's gonna generate a lot of heat. How are you going to keep your room cool...enough?
I am in a space that I built for this purpose. Currently in the middle of a heat wave and things are more than comfy in here.
Most of the heat-generating machines I already had anyway, I just changed how they're stored. I might have even net-reduced my power draw with all the monitors I've removed from the equation :D
@@sentdex Could you touch on your power system, for example do you have the tesla wall or whatever it is called?
Nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
"temporary solutions last the longest"
what 10 gig switch did you get, its not listed?
flawless
Nicely done!
Using Curl hehe!
My colegue was at client site in the server room and they had small monitor in the rack and Golf was playing on that so..someone may be watching fotball on that :)
Sick!
Is it truly even done if it doesn't have RGB though?
its like going back to the stone age.
man, what kind of setup do you use for filming? i mean ok this suggested to me i'm not a subscriber but for the first few seconds i almost swear i was watching a 3d render because of the lighting.....
I would like to know some networking tips; switch/router/modem opnsense or whatever security stuff :P
I would recommend not pushing the back of the rack against the wall, but push it against a wall... sideways.
That way, when you pull it out, you can get to both the front and back. Or even get to both sides without pulling it out at all.
I can tell you with my desktop on the desktop, I always put mine sideways with the motherboard side facing outwards, with the back of the PC to the left, and the front to the right.
If you want it to still look impressive sideways, what I'd do is make a flat easily removable side panel for the full length of the case, and then emblazon your company or whatever logo on it 🙂
Your original fronts and backs become... left and right side... and there is no stigma to mounting stuff "in the back". Fill it all out.
It's not like you are going to have rows and rows of these things... like an IBM datacenter.
New Subscriber, nice content. I thinks in a few years you might want to switch to Keystones for your Patch panel. Keep these videos coming !
You should upload to Rumble as well. I know myself, and a fair chunk of other people are moving away from Google, and I would hate to lose your content.
i once had a kvm with a OSD, which came up when pressing CTRL twice quickly.. maybe yours has something similar (?)
Will you have to turn the rack over on its side every time you need to use the CD/DVD drive? Don't answer that...
Great video btw!
Awesome!!!!!
Link for KVM switch please?
Looks good man 👍 I’ve got a singular UPS battery in my rack: if you’re open to tinkering, you can run NUT (network ups tools) on a server (or raspberry pi), and even with a single battery it would last enough to safely save&shut down all your apps and servers, should anything happen
Look for second hand LG monitors there are some of them that are square and flat
All these set at ur home in one room ... Em, maybe you can save the heating cost in winter? :)