From talking to my Dad and a few other people who do more audio / production work, it sounds like that's Lowell's bread and butter. This rack came at the right time, because from my conversations, it sounds like they've been transitioning over to being full service for the mini datacenter type deployments a lot of business (and even *very* high end homes) are doing, integrating AV in with all the other stuff.
Love seeing family owned business being supported. Before this video I never knew about them. I honestly only thought APC made racks really. I'll definitely be sending some business their way.
Your attention to audio is impressive. Amazing how it can make or break a content in a video but some channels don't give it the attention it requires.
Audio is often more important than video, especially for longer videos. It's easier to see potato quality but understand the sound than to have to strain to hear the audio with 8K HDR video!
@@JeffGeerling agreed. It's makes the storytelling or explanation (and in an informative way, not pejorative). I'm listening to a local gov channel on their weekly meeting and the audio is just frustrating. I see the 5 at the dais and they won't move. Their verbal communication matters more.
I've also noticed a bit of a hearing loss in an ear that has some frequencies clearly inaudible (upper mid tones). As a musician it's a bit of a bummer but likely self induced. Thanks for keeping on the good (audio) fight!
@@kodywillnauer9422 - Yeah, sadly my Dad has a little of the same, after years working in loud environments and testing audio equipment. They didn't always push people to protect their ears the same way as other parts of the body!
As a person with limited hearing i really love when people makes sure their sound is spot on. I can't count the amount of times i've had to rewind a video to properly hear what is said in videos.
Fun fact, that scanner can measure cable length without the other end. So you can simply put an RJ45 on your box of cable to see how much cable you have left.
Minivans yes SUVs/crossovers no I will never understand how SUVs are so huge on the outside but have no room in the back for adults to sit comfortably on the inside.
Good trick that eliminates waste. I usually attach a jack or plug before putting the partial box on a shelf. You really only need 1 pair to measure the roll.
As an IT person who has filtered out most ads on my LAN, I definitely didn’t skip a sponsored section from a local non-hyper-enterprise family business… If every creator could do this (instead of, you know…), maybe our “local economies” would work for local people of every kind. Great, Jeff - and all the best with the studio!
Thanks to Ben and Lowell for helping Jeff out with the new server rack. The new work space is awesome, I'll bet that you can't wait to start using a "dedicated work space" and being able to better differentiate between "work time" and "home time". I used to also base my business out of my home, and the temptation to work later, quickly do something work related was always there (and often utilised 😕). Congratulations on getting the move completed! 🎉🕺
@JeffGeerling I was working at a data center the rented rack space to small companies and this rack had tons of random stuff in it over the years. Microsoft rented basically the whole place and everything was updated. They were going to throw away all the old racks and I saved a few among nerd friends lol. It is the third full rack I have owned and will be my last as it is so well built. Hats off to Lowell and it was cool to see their factory, also glad they are a real US based company.
When I moved shop, I decided to put everything on wheels. That is ... everything except wall cabinets and tables. Being able to move around stuff comes in handy from time to time. The 3 minute Lowell tour was great. It made me subscribe - well... that and the fact that I have been watching and enjoying your videos for some time already 😁
It's so funny seeing the rack factory I very recently was in a VERY similar factory in my town for a school project. It was a family run business too and they had very similar looking machines. So awesome to see. Keep up your vids 👍
Thanks for supporting a local business, especially one that does not source a majority of their stuff from overseas. Nice job on the setup! And I look forward to more collaboration with your father.
Also I love the recognition of film workers ❤️ as one it makes me love your content more! Let me know if you ever need help with lighting and so forth. There’s a lot of fun networking in film now!
Truly! Ethernet eats everything nowadays... and I'm just sad there aren't more people who know film / video in St. Louis. There are some, but mostly for corporate video shooting type stuff.
I am SOOO HAPPY for you!!! CONGRATS on "finishing" the new studio (it's never REALLY finished lol) Maybe you could start another sticker board that viewers could fill up... Start a P.O. Box and tell people to send in their stickers (and any other things you feel comfortable with people sending in) That always one of my FAVORITE videos on the channels that I follow (well, the few channels that do it) Paul from 'Paul's Hardware' does a Fan Mail... umm.. thing... lol and it's always a great time to see what other fans send in, and then he used to put some of them on a shelf in on the back of his set... until he moved it again... Those videos are always awesome because people actually go out of their way to make stuff just for the channel, or like in your case, when they come across a sticker they think would be good for YOUR collection... It's a simple way to 'give back' to the people that make it possible (having the stickers/gifts shown off on a shelf in the background) I think YOUR fans would send in some of the best nerdy stuff... I even have a few stickers I woudl want to send in one day :) - Think it over, it might be a cool quarterly or even monthly segment :)
In my desk recording setup, I use a mic preamp which has a balanced output, and then a passive direct injection (DI) box in reverse to convert back to unbalanced and then a converter cable to go into the camera’s mic input. The DI has an option for ground lift so that can break a ground loop. It has to be a passive DI to go from balanced to unbalanced because active ones only work one way. Mine’s a Radial Pro D2 which is a premium option, it’s also stereo but I only use one side in this setup.
Hey Jeff, be sure to ground that rack, and your other rack as well, especially since your IDF has carpet. Get a grounding plate put in, have that tied to the building steel, or panel, and run a green 12 gauge cable to reach rack. For the MDF / IDF I have installed, we never use carpet in the room, and still ground the racks.
On to bigger and better things! Can't wait to see the new content - and for sure, please do some more radio- and engineering-stuff with your dad - those are great!
I’m glad things worked out with Lowell, it was really awesome to see inside their factory. Getting a shout-out in a Jeff Geerling video means I’m internet famous now, right? 🤣 Great video as always!
Born and raised in Missouri but hadn't heard much about Lowell, so this is great timing. I'm building out my home lab and home music studio. The audio in the new studio sounds great -- had some worries at first but zero echoes. Happy New Year! Wishing the Geerling family lots of good health and joy.
Being able to bypass the UPS is quite important for a professional environment. And light in the rack is also nice. Not only in the front, but in the back as well.
As a fellow crohns warrior (and ham) I always loved your content but I have really enjoyed the new content even more. Your dad and you make great videos and I learn a lot. The radio transmission site tours are 5 star 🌟
I've worked with those racks, they aren't cheap but they are really nice to work in. Never had to move one though, specially not in a minivan! Nice 42u setup and network and studio setup overall. Those fluke testers are a godsend when you are doing tons of long runs, been a while since I've done that but it brings back memories.
Heh, sometimes RUclips does weird things with unlisted videos! I had it in my moving vlogs playlist, so I think that pops it in some people's feeds if they've browsed the playlist before.
Loving the new space the setup. Might I recommend some stands for your editing desk speakers? Lifting and tilting them backwards will improve the soundstage by having them point towards your ears more directly.
I am studying cinema, and absolutely *love* the attention you place on details of that nature, such as the soundproofing, illumination, etc. I'm 100% here for it. Also, I agree with the rim light. Helps separate you from the background and adds dimension to the shot. I would just add a lav to the recording area in addition to the boom you already have just to have a backup sound track if anything were to fail. Otherwise, it all looks amazing
Hey Jeff, not sure how feasible it is with the hardware provided with the rack, but you may consider flipping the front rack doors to the other side if you'd like your rack straight-er/ish. Othen than that, jealous of the whole setup 🙂
The door isn't the biggest problem, though-even without it, the server is so long it physically won't get onto the rails unless the rack is angled out! Bigger servers, bigger problems :D
8:26 100%!!! A truck is almost always going to be carrying less in both payload or what you're able to carry anyways, fun hearing about how older Aussie utes can carry double of thise imported American trucks. Mini-van/stationwagon ftw! 😊
It's too bad there are so few station-wagon-size cars nowadays... I would totally go for that, might try for a hatchback for my next car (my wife drives the minivan, I drive my too-big with too-little-storage-space old Camry.
@@JeffGeerling Yeah, really hope to see more variety in the vehicle market again. (wonder if SUV/trucking shift is just the car version of the tech space's enshitification :P) Camry's are still good! :D
Glad you didn't get hurt. I had a co-worker 'send it' unloading a rack from a semi and he dislocated his leg at the hip. It was an inch shorter than his other leg until the doctor fixed it.
Well to be fair we were very careful about how we 'sent it', and did so making sure that at no point would anything heavy be in a compromising position!
I can't stop laughing - '[...] I already had my first fire [...]' 🤣 I mean, it is like "Well , it's finally time to move in guys - oh holy crap I burned this place to the ground with my doorbell"
Happy New Year. I actually enjoyed your sponsor piece on Lowell. As one of those wierdos who enjoys moving vlogs this is a great start to the year. Your exertions on installing the Storinator were alarming: please save your back and get yourself a scissor lift trolley. BTW one of the other RUclipsrs I watch, @JayzTwoCents, is going through some serious health issues and could probably benefit from your advice on managing his channel while undergoing treatment.
Yeah, I saw Jay's video yesterday :( I would definitely be happy to talk to him if he needs any help he can't get from his family/friends/doctors, but I'd rather let him figure things out with them first! Sometimes especially when you're in the fog of things, its nice to not have so much distraction.
Very nice to see a thriving US manufacturing company. It looks like a great product! Wish I had the space for one, My “rack” is wood shelves bolted to a wall…
16:27 RJ11 is, since decades and still today, the main source of Internet connection in Italy. We don't use coax at all, for example. RJ11 or FTTH! P.S. we usually use only 2 wires in the RJ11 with a max Internet speed of 200Mbps download and few Mbps upload
I am having a blast with this video and all the comments! 🙂 If I ever intend to get a rack, I will consider importing a Lowell, because this was the most "not annoying" sponsored segment in my youtube watch history
18:24 An even lazier approach would be having something like a Keith McMillen SoftStep to switch that with your foot instead. Not sure how you'd convert MIDI to the appropriate instructions but the option is there.
that feel when you realize that there's a really cool business down the road but you just never found them, it's like finding your super hero in a walmart y'know.
Congratulations. Studio, desk area, and the rack look fantastic. You’ve inspired me to work on my home lab and office a bit more. I ordered a bunch of parts for a TrueNAS Scale Ryzen build in a 2u rack mount chassis with a Nvidia 4060ti. Wish me luck 🍀 lol
Definitely Genius.👍 Nice Rack and Office Space! AC sounds fine on camera. I'm using Zigbee a little heavily. Have several of those Aqara buttons around the house and some door sensors. Yeah, my experience with Harbor Freight is very much the same...Gems and Junk, all for cheap.
since you work with mostly lower power electronics, you could get some small ups units to put on each of your project carts. that way power could be self contained for each project and you dont have to always be near an outlet.
Yo dog! I heard you like datacenters, so we put a datacenter in your minivan :) Maybe this is the next level of compute down from the shipping container? :) It'd be interesting to see a fully working minivan DC! Also I was going to suggest a fire extinguisher / fire blanket to go with your first aid kit, then you mentioned the extra "feature" of that doorbell so probably you already thought of it
As you say, Nice Rack(s). Great to see the new studio nearing completion but as we all know it's never finished! Great video Jeff and I can't wait to see more content. I will be moving house this year (hopefully) and will be setting up my new micro data center with two new racks for my 8 servers and other kit.
I think I like the "straight-on" shot; very clean. The room is a bit dark (wall colour), making the room look like it is being filled with sunlight may improve the shot, but I also don't know what I am talking about, so take that as you will! Awesome work (rack looks amazing!)
Hearing the audio with the AC going, you can 100% filter that out in post with some good EQ, very surprised by how negligible that is. In a(/the) previous video when the train was coming by in the outro you could also very barely hear that. Can't wait for some long-term results!
There is a setting in editing software that can sync audio & video sources automatically. Do I remember the menu name or specific software? Not exactly, but I i do remember seeing it in one of Barnacules older videos. It's extremely useful for multi-shots, but also just syncing audio.
Not sure why, but I love moving and reorganizing and optimizing videos... will you be looking at a ceiling rack next to mount those lights and mics? Then you won't have tripods falling on your head.
Heh... I left a couple access holes in the ceiling so I could have some hardpoints to mount to. That's a long-term goal though. Once I have the set more defined, and lights in a permanent place, I'll go that route!
Yes! I love getting a new rack and setting it up!!! And then after a few years of "this is only temporary" runs. It becomes a rats nest until I can't take it anymore and redo it again and a few years later..... Lol
I've seen a fully loaded 42U rack have one of those feet fail (presumably wasn't threaded in far enough by the installer...) ... scary seeing the entire rack wobble back and forth on the remaining 3!
@@JeffGeerling Don't! Some of the stories I could tell you... One particular classic was walking past a comms room to hear the faint cries of a colleague - who had gone in to unrack a 1U NAS, only to find it hadn't been installed with rails. It was at the highest rack position, a little beyond his comfortable reach, by the time he had realised it was sliding off the device beneath - he had half toppled backwards. NAS was still plugged in and running - there suspended by nothing more than his (now very tired) arms at full extension. Poor lad didn't have the upper-body strength to lift-and-fiddle it back into the gap it came out from!
Oh, I agree. My uncle had a truck and a minivan. The minivan is much more useful than the truck for moving stuff around. He still has the Toyota sienna minivan even though the market value for that early 2000's model is just $900. That thing is still worth thousands whenever anyone in our family or his friends wants to haul or move stuff.
The only reason I got a Ford Maverick truck over a van was all the vans got worse gas milage or cost $20k more. After I bought it ford has given the Maverick 2 price hikes, so I think it's closer price wise. 40mpg is nice for a little pickup though
@@JeffGeerling A van makes way more cents for a family anyway. It's not like I have a third row in the truck for the kid's friends. I only have enough bed to have good strapping down points for the overhang/stick out above loads. Still suits what I use it for well though. I'd have to get something else if I needed more seats.
a manufacturing video isn't an ad roll, it's a tasty treat imo
Could've been an episode by itself!
lol, yep - I watched it twice!
i use sponsorblock and i went back to watch it after reading your comment lol
yeah, gamers nexus would be proud
If all ads were like this the world would be a better place.
I would watch every ad / sponsor on RUclips if they were factory tours. Also +1 for the minivan appreciation.
Factory tours are informative. Most ads are just hyped-up garbage.
25 years ago I was an AV integrator, and we exclusively used Lowell cabinets. They're a wonderful company.
From talking to my Dad and a few other people who do more audio / production work, it sounds like that's Lowell's bread and butter. This rack came at the right time, because from my conversations, it sounds like they've been transitioning over to being full service for the mini datacenter type deployments a lot of business (and even *very* high end homes) are doing, integrating AV in with all the other stuff.
Love seeing family owned business being supported. Before this video I never knew about them. I honestly only thought APC made racks really. I'll definitely be sending some business their way.
Your attention to audio is impressive. Amazing how it can make or break a content in a video but some channels don't give it the attention it requires.
Audio is often more important than video, especially for longer videos. It's easier to see potato quality but understand the sound than to have to strain to hear the audio with 8K HDR video!
@@JeffGeerling agreed. It's makes the storytelling or explanation (and in an informative way, not pejorative). I'm listening to a local gov channel on their weekly meeting and the audio is just frustrating. I see the 5 at the dais and they won't move. Their verbal communication matters more.
I've also noticed a bit of a hearing loss in an ear that has some frequencies clearly inaudible (upper mid tones). As a musician it's a bit of a bummer but likely self induced. Thanks for keeping on the good (audio) fight!
@@kodywillnauer9422 - Yeah, sadly my Dad has a little of the same, after years working in loud environments and testing audio equipment. They didn't always push people to protect their ears the same way as other parts of the body!
As a person with limited hearing i really love when people makes sure their sound is spot on. I can't count the amount of times i've had to rewind a video to properly hear what is said in videos.
Fun fact, that scanner can measure cable length without the other end. So you can simply put an RJ45 on your box of cable to see how much cable you have left.
Never thought of using it that way!
Minivans yes
SUVs/crossovers no
I will never understand how SUVs are so huge on the outside but have no room in the back for adults to sit comfortably on the inside.
Good trick that eliminates waste. I usually attach a jack or plug before putting the partial box on a shelf. You really only need 1 pair to measure the roll.
Nice rack, Jeff. 🙂
Need the moving videos to branch off so we can see what you and your wife do with the new space in the basement.
Ha! Geerling arts n' crafts
@@JeffGeerling would that be, uhm, mainly, for the fans?
@@notsonominalit’s only for fans!
@@JeffGeerling Dungeons and spa... dragons time?
@@JeffGeerlingThe Missus with her own YT channel?
As an IT person who has filtered out most ads on my LAN, I definitely didn’t skip a sponsored section from a local non-hyper-enterprise family business…
If every creator could do this (instead of, you know…), maybe our “local economies” would work for local people of every kind.
Great, Jeff - and all the best with the studio!
and now a segue to our sponsor!
Thanks to Ben and Lowell for helping Jeff out with the new server rack. The new work space is awesome, I'll bet that you can't wait to start using a "dedicated work space" and being able to better differentiate between "work time" and "home time". I used to also base my business out of my home, and the temptation to work later, quickly do something work related was always there (and often utilised 😕). Congratulations on getting the move completed! 🎉🕺
I have a very old Lowell rack. Still working after many moves and years in a data center.
They are certainly capable of taking a beating! More solid than the 'assemble yourself' racks that are often a bit cheaper too.
@JeffGeerling I was working at a data center the rented rack space to small companies and this rack had tons of random stuff in it over the years. Microsoft rented basically the whole place and everything was updated. They were going to throw away all the old racks and I saved a few among nerd friends lol. It is the third full rack I have owned and will be my last as it is so well built. Hats off to Lowell and it was cool to see their factory, also glad they are a real US based company.
When I moved shop, I decided to put everything on wheels. That is ... everything except wall cabinets and tables. Being able to move around stuff comes in handy from time to time.
The 3 minute Lowell tour was great. It made me subscribe - well... that and the fact that I have been watching and enjoying your videos for some time already 😁
Love the Explaining Computers reference. It would be nice if you and Chris could work on a joint project one day.
It's so funny seeing the rack factory I very recently was in a VERY similar factory in my town for a school project.
It was a family run business too and they had very similar looking machines. So awesome to see. Keep up your vids 👍
Thanks for supporting a local business, especially one that does not source a majority of their stuff from overseas.
Nice job on the setup! And I look forward to more collaboration with your father.
Also I love the recognition of film workers ❤️ as one it makes me love your content more! Let me know if you ever need help with lighting and so forth. There’s a lot of fun networking in film now!
Truly! Ethernet eats everything nowadays... and I'm just sad there aren't more people who know film / video in St. Louis. There are some, but mostly for corporate video shooting type stuff.
I am SOOO HAPPY for you!!! CONGRATS on "finishing" the new studio (it's never REALLY finished lol) Maybe you could start another sticker board that viewers could fill up... Start a P.O. Box and tell people to send in their stickers (and any other things you feel comfortable with people sending in) That always one of my FAVORITE videos on the channels that I follow (well, the few channels that do it) Paul from 'Paul's Hardware' does a Fan Mail... umm.. thing... lol and it's always a great time to see what other fans send in, and then he used to put some of them on a shelf in on the back of his set... until he moved it again... Those videos are always awesome because people actually go out of their way to make stuff just for the channel, or like in your case, when they come across a sticker they think would be good for YOUR collection... It's a simple way to 'give back' to the people that make it possible (having the stickers/gifts shown off on a shelf in the background)
I think YOUR fans would send in some of the best nerdy stuff... I even have a few stickers I woudl want to send in one day :) - Think it over, it might be a cool quarterly or even monthly segment :)
In my desk recording setup, I use a mic preamp which has a balanced output, and then a passive direct injection (DI) box in reverse to convert back to unbalanced and then a converter cable to go into the camera’s mic input. The DI has an option for ground lift so that can break a ground loop. It has to be a passive DI to go from balanced to unbalanced because active ones only work one way. Mine’s a Radial Pro D2 which is a premium option, it’s also stereo but I only use one side in this setup.
Hey Jeff, be sure to ground that rack, and your other rack as well, especially since your IDF has carpet. Get a grounding plate put in, have that tied to the building steel, or panel, and run a green 12 gauge cable to reach rack. For the MDF / IDF I have installed, we never use carpet in the room, and still ground the racks.
On to bigger and better things! Can't wait to see the new content - and for sure, please do some more radio- and engineering-stuff with your dad - those are great!
I’m glad things worked out with Lowell, it was really awesome to see inside their factory. Getting a shout-out in a Jeff Geerling video means I’m internet famous now, right? 🤣 Great video as always!
Quite ;)
Born and raised in Missouri but hadn't heard much about Lowell, so this is great timing. I'm building out my home lab and home music studio. The audio in the new studio sounds great -- had some worries at first but zero echoes. Happy New Year! Wishing the Geerling family lots of good health and joy.
“I AM YOUR SOLDIER!!” Love the Dalek poster!
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person who mounted LED strip lights around the server frame!
Being able to bypass the UPS is quite important for a professional environment.
And light in the rack is also nice. Not only in the front, but in the back as well.
Even better in the rack rather than the door 🤪
As a fellow crohns warrior (and ham) I always loved your content but I have really enjoyed the new content even more. Your dad and you make great videos and I learn a lot. The radio transmission site tours are 5 star 🌟
I've worked with those racks, they aren't cheap but they are really nice to work in. Never had to move one though, specially not in a minivan! Nice 42u setup and network and studio setup overall. Those fluke testers are a godsend when you are doing tons of long runs, been a while since I've done that but it brings back memories.
I saw this video in my feed a couple of days earlier, and i was excited about it, and then it disappeard! Glad if finally is back ;D
Heh, sometimes RUclips does weird things with unlisted videos! I had it in my moving vlogs playlist, so I think that pops it in some people's feeds if they've browsed the playlist before.
Loving the new space the setup. Might I recommend some stands for your editing desk speakers? Lifting and tilting them backwards will improve the soundstage by having them point towards your ears more directly.
I am studying cinema, and absolutely *love* the attention you place on details of that nature, such as the soundproofing, illumination, etc. I'm 100% here for it. Also, I agree with the rim light. Helps separate you from the background and adds dimension to the shot. I would just add a lav to the recording area in addition to the boom you already have just to have a backup sound track if anything were to fail. Otherwise, it all looks amazing
Love your mini-van take, I've hauled lumber and tons of equipment in my mini van with no problems.
I have seen lowell stuff for years, but i never saw anything about the factory or the people behind it. Cool to see it on this channel !
Hey Jeff, not sure how feasible it is with the hardware provided with the rack, but you may consider flipping the front rack doors to the other side if you'd like your rack straight-er/ish. Othen than that, jealous of the whole setup 🙂
The door isn't the biggest problem, though-even without it, the server is so long it physically won't get onto the rails unless the rack is angled out! Bigger servers, bigger problems :D
@@JeffGeerling That was my second thought after I posted previous comment 😁
Thank Ben and Lowell. 👍😁
Honestly, I would have been thrilled if this was all about Lowell. That was a really cool setup, and the tour was over too soon!
Awesome to see your journey. This is exciting!
Oh no! The ol’ record button flip-flop. It’s the most frustrating thing to find in post 😂
Also, that was the most interesting ad I’ve ever watched.
8:26 100%!!! A truck is almost always going to be carrying less in both payload or what you're able to carry anyways, fun hearing about how older Aussie utes can carry double of thise imported American trucks.
Mini-van/stationwagon ftw! 😊
It's too bad there are so few station-wagon-size cars nowadays... I would totally go for that, might try for a hatchback for my next car (my wife drives the minivan, I drive my too-big with too-little-storage-space old Camry.
@@JeffGeerling Yeah, really hope to see more variety in the vehicle market again. (wonder if SUV/trucking shift is just the car version of the tech space's enshitification :P)
Camry's are still good! :D
Glad you didn't get hurt. I had a co-worker 'send it' unloading a rack from a semi and he dislocated his leg at the hip. It was an inch shorter than his other leg until the doctor fixed it.
Well to be fair we were very careful about how we 'sent it', and did so making sure that at no point would anything heavy be in a compromising position!
somehow found this!
Heh... oops! Not quite live yet, but you get a nice sneak peek ;)
Nice
Thanks Ben!
I can't stop laughing - '[...] I already had my first fire [...]' 🤣 I mean, it is like "Well , it's finally time to move in guys - oh holy crap I burned this place to the ground with my doorbell"
Sweet! The Geerling Grotto! (or Geering Gulch) Aka "The Man Cave"
Loving it...definitely gonna see some awesome new content!
Keep em coming!!!!
Thanks Ben!
8:30 Minivans over trucks! All of the bed, with none of the cred.
Love your dad and his knowledge. I will consider subscribing if you feature more of him.
We have a whole channel for you, then, check out Geerling Engineering :)
Great new office setup and tour!
Happy New Year. I actually enjoyed your sponsor piece on Lowell. As one of those wierdos who enjoys moving vlogs this is a great start to the year.
Your exertions on installing the Storinator were alarming: please save your back and get yourself a scissor lift trolley.
BTW one of the other RUclipsrs I watch, @JayzTwoCents, is going through some serious health issues and could probably benefit from your advice on managing his channel while undergoing treatment.
Yeah, I saw Jay's video yesterday :(
I would definitely be happy to talk to him if he needs any help he can't get from his family/friends/doctors, but I'd rather let him figure things out with them first! Sometimes especially when you're in the fog of things, its nice to not have so much distraction.
@@JeffGeerling I was thinking of professional issues with his channel like dealing with RUclips rather than personal ones.
@@QuentinStephens Ah true-in his case, with employees and such, it is a bit different than my situation was last year. But we'll see!
Very nice to see a thriving US manufacturing company. It looks like a great product! Wish I had the space for one, My “rack” is wood shelves bolted to a wall…
Better shelves on the wall than a pile of stuff on the floor haha!
My first rack was an IKEA coffee table. The 1U server was loud enough that you'd never drink coffee near it.
Your content continues to be excellent, including your collaboration with your father. Keep up the great work!
16:27 RJ11 is, since decades and still today, the main source of Internet connection in Italy. We don't use coax at all, for example. RJ11 or FTTH!
P.S.
we usually use only 2 wires in the RJ11 with a max Internet speed of 200Mbps download and few Mbps upload
skip? who's gonna skip any of this content.. it's awesome! keep it up..
I am having a blast with this video and all the comments! 🙂 If I ever intend to get a rack, I will consider importing a Lowell, because this was the most "not annoying" sponsored segment in my youtube watch history
I say the smart plug to turn on camera is very very very smart ! Basically turn one of these no-interface camera into a usable one.
congrats on 600K subs!!!!!!!!
18:24 An even lazier approach would be having something like a Keith McMillen SoftStep to switch that with your foot instead. Not sure how you'd convert MIDI to the appropriate instructions but the option is there.
that feel when you realize that there's a really cool business down the road but you just never found them, it's like finding your super hero in a walmart y'know.
Congratulations. Studio, desk area, and the rack look fantastic. You’ve inspired me to work on my home lab and office a bit more. I ordered a bunch of parts for a TrueNAS Scale Ryzen build in a 2u rack mount chassis with a Nvidia 4060ti. Wish me luck 🍀 lol
Ooh nice! Small build.
@@JeffGeerling yup, the RackChoice MicroATX short depth chassis. Should be fun. Hoping the PCIe riser works and flipping the GPU sideways.
Thx Ben.
Thx Lowell.
Thx petitpoispanta.
Dad & Son goals. Wish I could have done this with my dad.
Minivan supremacy! And thanks Ben and Lowell!
Lowell seem like good people. That was really interesting to see.
The cross on the wall needs to go to the new office. Your vids are great wish I could get my Pi4 more useful, as I struggle with it.
Definitely Genius.👍
Nice Rack and Office Space!
AC sounds fine on camera.
I'm using Zigbee a little heavily. Have several of those Aqara buttons around the house and some door sensors.
Yeah, my experience with Harbor Freight is very much the same...Gems and Junk, all for cheap.
The one constant with HF, is everything's cheap!
since you work with mostly lower power electronics, you could get some small ups units to put on each of your project carts. that way power could be self contained for each project and you dont have to always be near an outlet.
Not a bad idea! for most projects a UPS could survive wheeling from station to station.
The dad videos are fantastic
Also your brother's lab is dope
When I bought a 48U rack, the guy dropping it off showed up in a Mini van too. Can confirm that server racks are best transported in minivans
There is a secret society of minivan homelabbers driving racks around the country.
"I've been here the whole time"
- Plant
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Yo dog!
I heard you like datacenters, so we put a datacenter in your minivan :)
Maybe this is the next level of compute down from the shipping container? :) It'd be interesting to see a fully working minivan DC!
Also I was going to suggest a fire extinguisher / fire blanket to go with your first aid kit, then you mentioned the extra "feature" of that doorbell so probably you already thought of it
As you say, Nice Rack(s). Great to see the new studio nearing completion but as we all know it's never finished! Great video Jeff and I can't wait to see more content. I will be moving house this year (hopefully) and will be setting up my new micro data center with two new racks for my 8 servers and other kit.
I think I like the "straight-on" shot; very clean. The room is a bit dark (wall colour), making the room look like it is being filled with sunlight may improve the shot, but I also don't know what I am talking about, so take that as you will! Awesome work (rack looks amazing!)
Hey Ben and Lowell, thanks from all the viewers of Jeff Geerling and Geerling engineering channels!
Love the new space!! Thank you for the content
"Rack in the Back" - title of a new song
Hearing the audio with the AC going, you can 100% filter that out in post with some good EQ, very surprised by how negligible that is. In a(/the) previous video when the train was coming by in the outro you could also very barely hear that. Can't wait for some long-term results!
There is a setting in editing software that can sync audio & video sources automatically.
Do I remember the menu name or specific software? Not exactly, but I i do remember seeing it in one of Barnacules older videos.
It's extremely useful for multi-shots, but also just syncing audio.
The desk setup is used for Zoom calls, that sort of thing too-so harder to get things synced live :(
studio looks awesome; thanks for the vid 😌
Lowell's server cabinet looks exactly like an APC Netshelter.
Rack studs make alot of mounting far easier than rack nuts (I still use cage nuts for something as heavy as a UPS if it isn’t on rails though)
Also there are ground loop isolators for 3.5mm jacks, I think that might help with your microphone - camera buzz issue
Yeah, I have a bag full of them actually (they help in many circumstances) but in this case, it just cuts out the signal :(
My wife was just saying how much she wanted a huge rack, now I know what to get her for our anniversary! Thanks!!!
thanks ben!
I approve the RGB lighting!
I knew you would haha
Trying to read T-shirt... ok... OH! I get it. :)
You can never skip the blood sacrifice when dealing with the metal computer gods. Either you do willingly or by force.
OOH, can you do a review on Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries in UPS vs the sealed lead acid batteries?
Coolest Sponsor spot ever
Shame about the AC. Glad everything else seems to have worked out!
Not sure why, but I love moving and reorganizing and optimizing videos... will you be looking at a ceiling rack next to mount those lights and mics? Then you won't have tripods falling on your head.
Heh... I left a couple access holes in the ceiling so I could have some hardpoints to mount to. That's a long-term goal though. Once I have the set more defined, and lights in a permanent place, I'll go that route!
Yes! I love getting a new rack and setting it up!!! And then after a few years of "this is only temporary" runs. It becomes a rats nest until I can't take it anymore and redo it again and a few years later..... Lol
I've seen a fully loaded 42U rack have one of those feet fail (presumably wasn't threaded in far enough by the installer...) ... scary seeing the entire rack wobble back and forth on the remaining 3!
You could play a new game "who can stay on top of the bucking rack longest"!
@@JeffGeerling Don't! Some of the stories I could tell you... One particular classic was walking past a comms room to hear the faint cries of a colleague - who had gone in to unrack a 1U NAS, only to find it hadn't been installed with rails. It was at the highest rack position, a little beyond his comfortable reach, by the time he had realised it was sliding off the device beneath - he had half toppled backwards. NAS was still plugged in and running - there suspended by nothing more than his (now very tired) arms at full extension. Poor lad didn't have the upper-body strength to lift-and-fiddle it back into the gap it came out from!
Phwoar, what a rack!!!!!
The nervous look at each other when you say “one of you guys will be in charge”
I love that shirt so much!
Can confirm lighting looks 100x better than before.
Oh, I agree. My uncle had a truck and a minivan. The minivan is much more useful than the truck for moving stuff around. He still has the Toyota sienna minivan even though the market value for that early 2000's model is just $900. That thing is still worth thousands whenever anyone in our family or his friends wants to haul or move stuff.
Good balance on adverts. :)
you know the lighting is good when background is eerily like as if it's green screen
15:01 somebody make a video measuring the speed of light with a TDR through a resistor or two
The only reason I got a Ford Maverick truck over a van was all the vans got worse gas milage or cost $20k more. After I bought it ford has given the Maverick 2 price hikes, so I think it's closer price wise. 40mpg is nice for a little pickup though
A small truck is nice, too. I just don't see as much value (for most people) in those monster F150-size trucks with 6' beds.
@@JeffGeerling A van makes way more cents for a family anyway. It's not like I have a third row in the truck for the kid's friends. I only have enough bed to have good strapping down points for the overhang/stick out above loads. Still suits what I use it for well though. I'd have to get something else if I needed more seats.