Server Room Updates!! UPSes, KVMs, and more!

[@SirCrest]

The server videos are my favourite videos.

[@BloomerzUK]

+SirCrest Ditto!

[@somnitek]

Lookin sliffy!

[@louishenn3028]

Mine 2!

[@EvOLVIEd813]

+SirCrest The videos uploaded using the server are my favorite videos

[@AlexRolandHuszar]

+SirCrest I actually wish wendell would put more enterprise stuff out on tek syndicate

[@Heathfx5]

ProTip (from my own real-life experience): Mount all of your UPSs below the $15,000 worth of servers so when a replaceable battery decides to start leaking, it doesn't leak into your irreplaceable data.

[@goodluck6948]

yikes

[@arnemedia4312]

press f to pay respect

[@SergeantZeta]

I manage servers for a living and you may want to consider changing up your cable management practices. You want every single piece of equipment in your rack to be able to come out without disrupting the equipment around it. Direct runs of cabling across the back/front aren't generally a gold idea, even if the piece of equipment is directly above or below. It may seem silly, but it really is a best practice. To those questioning why he didn't use a 1U kvm solution, he is clearly trying to preserve as much rack space as possible. I do prefer the slide out 1U kvm, but in this case it's acceptable and makes sense to have it mounted to the wall. You all must understand that Linus and crew are not used to the data center environment and must learn lessons as they go.

[@LazerLord10]

I like how in the intro, he said server closet, not server room. I would have to agree; closet is a better describer.

[@danielbriese3972]

"Linus Media Group, we put the Ballin' in Eye Ballin'" -puts the monitor bracket on upside down.

[@arthurmcvey8231]

Daniel Briese I literally read that as he was saying it

[@mjevan]

Lots of measure once, cut twice going on here

[@Voldorac]

that really made my day xD

[@nwbackcountry5327]

The power grunt @ 14:26 is awesome. Yeah Linus, your system rocks!! High 5 bro.

[@julianpiper240]

+NWBackcountry 60Hz hum from the inverters in the UPS systems, so good!

[@jackgogvail2565]

Thank LinusTechTipsCrew... Yes all of you even Terran for making these videos. Life is rough at school. But you finish my day with joy, Stay awesome guys...

[@jackgogvail2565]

No seriously though THANKS. (All the way from Australia)

[@TheIshikawaRin]

LinusMediaGroup - The most unprofessional professionals.

[@A51Rene]

+Bailey Jones Think you got yourself an intro slogan right there (+LinusTechTips)

[@juhva]

Most screw ups in one video

[@Obbliteration]

+Bailey Jones Part of the charm of their videos is that they dont remove mistakes and stuff like that. It makes them funny for me.

[@TheIshikawaRin]

Obbliteration I love them all, they're so fun and have a sense of humour and some of their videos have genuine hilarious moments.

[@Obbliteration]

Bailey Jones Like linus fucking up badly in the second season of scrapyard wars

[@luckydragonaaaa]

LOL 'My Brilliant System', IT techs famous last words. No labeled Ethernet cables??

[@EposVox]

"The Tim Taylor of the tech world." Totally true, I love it.

[@Razear]

Buk Lau voice: So tight!

[@Ment4l0xeX]

+boffifis1 oranguu chikhun

[@joegaming4369]

I recently found that channel and I don't know how I lived before watching one

[@Ment4l0xeX]

+Joegaming Well... i.. uh.. yeah! yes! right.

[@joegaming4369]

Because there so damn good and funny

[@EmVideos2]

+Razear Ownage Pranks represent!

[@armin3451]

I just watch this video and I know nothing about servers lol good video though.

[@Psyadin2]

+Armin Basic neither do they :p

[@johnyeah183]

+Armin Basic all i learned from this video is that you gotta wear sandals + socks to be a server expert, 100% guarantee

[@generalissimo_]

+Magnus Håland I always wondered what kind of certification they recieved in school, if any. Just curious.

[@Yemto]

+Armin Basic Same here, But I do understand raid 50. Sometime ago I looked up raids, and setup a raid 0 in my personal computer.

[@adrianbornabasic7499]

+Magnus Håland xD!

[@swpata7x123]

20 minutes of Linus, doesn't get much better than that. Except on WAN Show where we get 90 minutes give or take a bit. I swear this is the only channel I stay up until 3:30 AM to catch the upload lol

[@vitorao]

He could use a trackball mouse in order to velcro it. =)

[@zachariahbellomy7477]

Linus, I have so many comments for this video. I really hope I capture all my thoughts clearly here. Also I hope you actually read this however unlikely that is. 1: I do Network infrastructure for a living and I desperately want to come and cable manage that rack. :) 2: You should really get rid of those power strips and get rack mounted power. it will really help with cable management and they have built in amps for added protection. 3: you should rack mount the KVM and put the keyboard tray and monitor on the wall behind the rack(where you do most of your work) and away from the door. I think that about sums it all up. Wasn't nearly as much as I though it was. Also your little orange screw driver is not a power tool..... they lied to you.

[@metal-gods]

Oh boy. How the server room has come a long way.

[@MOTOSNOWRIDER]

I feel like with all the airflow going into and out of that room it might be a good idea to get a simple home heating system filter and set it up over that intake thats in the door. If you do that make sure to put a rubber door sweep under the door so it doesn't suck air from inbetween the bottom of the door and the floor

[@allmybasketsinoneegg]

None of you guys are cisco certified? I am and I don't think it's that big a deal. It's still not helping me get any IT jobs at all.

[@krisdphillips]

+Anders Pedersen Which level of Cisco? CCENT, CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE?

[@CarrierGaming]

I'm was CCNA certified coming out of College. I've come to the conclusion that the certifications and degrees only help get the interview. Who you are and how you represent yourself after that will determine if you get the job or not. Out of school I landed a Systems Engineer position, and couldn't be any happier.

[@zainscooby]

+Mr Didwork Hi, I hope you don't mind me asking but what qualifications did you need to get the systems engineer position? Did you have to do any specific courses at university? Thanks in advance

[@CarrierGaming]

ZAMIN! I have a bachelors degree in Information Systems from a 4 year university with certifications with EMC, Cisco, CompTIA, and Microsoft.

[@MalamIbnMalam]

loll same here, I'm Cisco certified too and it's not helping me get a job as well

[@Barnacules]

SO MUCH HARD DRIVE... MUCH EPIC... SUCH WOW... #JesusBoy

[@PaulL42654]

+Barnacules Nerdgasm :3

[@JtwasLuck]

+Barnacules Nerdgasm It's crazy awesome XD

[@xPakrikx]

+Barnacules Nerdgasm like in usual rack ? :/

[@black_heart_gaming583]

2020

[@206gerbert9]

@@black_heart_gaming583 2021

[@rwashi]

Nice presentation, I like your server/cable room, It's easy to understand and put together, love the 1Gb up/down internet connection. Now the KVM and keyboard folding ledge is absolutely awesome.. Linus.

[@Psyadin2]

U know u can get 1U KVM's with mouse, keyboard and screen all included that u just slide out and it pops up? Ur rack/server room is very poorly cable managed and dirty as all hell, I work in a lot of racks and I'd give this rack/server room 3/10 points. And you should ALWAYS have air condition in server rooms, not just for temps, but for keeping the air dry and its a great way to gather up most of the dust.

[@giin97]

Hilariously, I'm not in IT, and I still knew all that :P

[@fuzzybaffy]

+Magnus Håland I don't know jack shit about servers, but linus said in the video, at around the 9:30 mark, he wanted to preserve space in the server racks.

[@generalissimo_]

+Peter Šori if you take proper precautions, static electricity isn't a problem, however you should never have humid server room.

[@generalissimo_]

esd mats, no synthetic shirts, esd bracelets, etc

[@sdotbrucato]

+Magnus Håland 45-55% relative humidity is actually ideal for server/data rooms...

[@hamishmckie1078]

how much dedotated wam does this sever have?

[@NeonYukon]

+Hamish McKie 420 Gigawatts of dedotated wam

[@WoZuiAiL]

+Hamish McKie i will save others the effort xD: knowyourmeme.com/memes/dedotated-wam

[@_Dolofonia]

+Mr Hashwag Hey, thank you. I just downloaded 32 GB of Ram! The computer benchmarks looks the same but I know it's there. I will spread the word.

[@NeonYukon]

Ayy Lmao

[@MrScottah]

Reminding me how much of a nerd I am feeling exited at a server room

[@sheep1ewe]

+Scott Henderson Me too...

[@Lambda_Ovine]

+Scott Henderson You're such a nerd.

[@BradElliot]

Scott Henderson feel the same way

[@henrikvtcodes]

The wall is complete plywood behind, Linus!!! I remember from the construction videos!!

[@gmorris65]

WHY AM I WATCHING THIS AND WHY IS IT ENTERTAINING.

[@leenanhee1772]

arsenzocht I was having the same thought when I realized it was 5 in the morning

[@natebrubaker3269]

he he ur becoming a nerd...

[@Assassin-js1jp]

It's crazy and dangerous to put up a computer server in a bathroom.

[@SarangPatel]

It's not a bathroom

[@Assassin-js1jp]

I'm talking about the old server at the old office.

[@SarangPatel]

+Mustavi Sadi Aryan oh yeah I remember they also mentioned the water to the bathroom was still running

[@Assassin-js1jp]

Oh shit Linus Sebastian: Luke, shit! The server is smoking again! Hey Luke! The server's smoking again! Lucas Luke Lafreniere comes to the bathroom. But a terrible shock awaited him. Linus Sebastian: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Linus starts to shoot marshmallows at Luke along with Ghillie Nick. Not funny Linus. You could have killed yourselves, all of you, had the server actually caught fire due to the water.

[@SarangPatel]

This probably happened already.

[@CommunityNetwork]

"Is your kvm earthquake safe? Mine not!" - Linus Sebastian

[@martinkeatings7126]

Actually the fact he has only one screw on each side - would that not mean it would swing? Call it vibration control! Self Levelling - PMSL

[@MXALOVE]

CommunityNetwork I read that when he said it

[@BustaChimes]

This probably the longest room tour of a closet on KZbin.

[@suprakar]

Very cool setup guys. I'm looking forward to hearing more about the Frager server.

[@aaronlowe3156]

Linus, you should put a magnet in the mouse so that it's movable but it sticks to the panel.

[@bobalobalie]

They clearly lied to you since an MRV costs less than $1000 new.

[@coinmaster1922]

I thought he might have been joking from the look he gave after saying that. I looked up the OS906G (which is what, eyeballin', this seems to be) and it's barely $300 on eBay. Hey LTT, maybe you should do a review of it!

[@curious_crypto_chris]

Linus you noob, you're supposed to rack the switches and patch facing the back. The server's NIC's are on the back bro.

[@NLtrickNL]

+cfulp Yep.. this is how you look funny in a data center :p

[@holdorf333]

also, why in the holy hell wouldn't you use a rack-mounted KVM. it's almost like the holes for mounting his thing has holes spaced for studs on-center??!?

[@Ryzza5]

"You're not going to velcro the mouse down?" I'm in tears, haha!

[@DerekFletcher1]

Linus. You literally build everything upside down... I love it every time haha.

[@Geo255420]

Lock that beautiful server setup UP.... make it nice and tight and make that power center secure..... Very nice Linus.... feel proud of you BOSS system.

[@robpl718]

I'm sorry but that room is an IT nightmare.

[@hocrazor]

Ey Linus TecTeam... about your dust problem, you guys have a professional air system , please use it properly! in your air duct should be a fan which one generate enough air pressure which allow you to install a high efficiency bag filter yes it costs a fortune but i guarantee you will love the result there exist things like "planet" - a door sealing system for your door problem if you want more instruction send me a mail my mother tongue is not english but my job is ventilation engineer or just simply ask the guys how installed your system about this mater and did i mention it... i love your chanel... greet`s from switzerland

[@AlexStuffss]

Why not use SSH to access the server on the local network?

[@paulw7491]

As a 16 year old networking student from austria i love these kind of videos!

[@hawaiianranger18]

keep it up linus. your by far the easiest youtuber to understand and just plain savage man. keep it up. ill see you when you hit 2 mill !

[@PriyoM1993]

But can it run crysis ?

[@birchyote]

GOOD point

[@chun1324]

it seems they tried it, and killed the raid controller.

[@rjholroyd1]

Can it run crysis remastered👀

[@ctdesing]

why didn't you use a server rack console?

[@ElitesEngineering]

wot why is the security system on the rack? Or am I misunderstanding something?

[@nayemreza08]

it's the surveillance system

[@ElitesEngineering]

Nayem Reza Oh, by surveillance I thought he meant like cameras.

[@SuperBigDog2U]

It's great how far you've grown your business in such a short time. Great job Linus and to all who helped him get this far.

[@Saki630]

This was a great video where I learned that a server room needs to be bigger than you think, have more cable than Comcast, and someone else to set it up for me.

[@Ultranist]

[@magzire]

haha :)

[@BinaryCounter]

So tight.

[@PentaYOOO]

SERVER ROOM TOUR GONE SEXUAL GONE WRONG 2015 PRANKS

[@commentguy330]

Dont you mean *Puts on sunglasses* LinusSexTapes?!

[@joesumbody12]

+LinusSexTips Its okay Linus you can come out of your closet now xD

[@ArjenSterenborg]

Linus, why not use an 1U KVM solution with build in monitor? Something like www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04154398.pdf with a KVM console switch behind it. Keeps it all nicely in the rack and easily switchable. Some console switches even have UTP so you can manage the servers while at your desk.

[@jmonsted]

+Arjen Sterenborg He specifically said he didn't want to use up the limited rack space for the KVM.

[@ArjenSterenborg]

+Jesper Monsted Sorry, must have missed that. Still, giving up 1U for a nice, small solution is way better then bolting extra stuff to a wall a few feet from your rack and well worth the 1U i.m.o.

[@jmonsted]

Arjen Sterenborg The ergonomics of his setup are probably better than most of the rack mounted KVM setups i've seen and used.

[@Zarrx]

+Arjen Sterenborg also he has 1u gap between his hard drivecluster and UPS which for some reason is in the middle of the rack

[@matthewbrough123890]

the vault is not big enough, it has to have a petrabyte storage cap

[@Gryfang451]

Sorry Linus... Cable Management!!! A couple pointers:1) Cables on the floor? YIKES!!! Tripping Hazard and vulnerable to damage. Suspend them, put them in Panduit, something... Just not on the floor where people can trip on them! CAT 5/6 is EASY to terminate. Writing paperwork for an injured employee is not.2) Turn your network gear around, mount it port-side on the back of the cabinet instead of the front of cabinet (most racks support mounting equipment on either side). This will make it much cleaner when you are combining network gear and server gear in the same rack. It also makes it much easier to connect everything else inside the cabinet, trace out connections, etc.3) Rack power strips and shorter power supply cords. (1 to 3 ft) No drooping / looping cords.

[@Megalomaniakaal]

I would love to get a video exploring different KVM options for a home office setup/consumer running between 2 to 4 pc's. There aren't any decent videos on the subject far as I can tell.

[@IsolationIndex]

From personal experience at work and at home, ConnectPro is a good middle ground for something that isn't going to break your wallet, and something that won't break in a week. I've been running a UR-14 for the past 3 years in my office and I have yet to have it break. Raritan is great, if you have the cash. Expect to pay upwards of like $1500 to $3000 depending on what you need from it, since they mostly reside in big data centers. Startech is definitely on the cheap side, and you certainly get what you pay for (I've dealt with about 2 broken switches so far), but if you get a good one, it'll last forever. I'd like to see Linus going over this as well, since most people aren't gonna have the room for 4 monitors for 4 different machines :)

[@Megalomaniakaal]

Forrest Hooker Hmm, the Startech 2 PC usb/displayport SV231DPU2 looks pretty good on paper and in price. What's the issue with the quality, stops working just from use over time, or more an issue of breaking as a result of a small fall and/or soft-ish hit? How's the warranty/support for RMA?

[@IsolationIndex]

Felix Kütt I've never been truly able to diagnose why the last two I had died, but the symptoms were a mix of a complete lack of response from any of the buttons, USB devices that were previously working becoming unrecognizable, or the thing simply being bricked. For awhile, I thought I was somehow overvolting them, but the Startech of the same model I purchased later (can't remember the model, it's been sitting in a test lab for awhile now) has been going strong for close to a year now with the same model of power supply included. Regarding warranty, they were quick to replace the first one that died, but on the second attempt I gave up out of frustration and gave it to a coworker in the hopes that he'd salvage something out of it :p

[@Megalomaniakaal]

Forrest Hooker Hard to tell for sure based on a basic description but could the cables have been damaged from say bending? The one sample in the lab going strong perhaps hasn't gotten as much cable abuse? OTOH perhaps their quality actually improved once they figured out what was causing the issue, or it really is just luck of the draw. Anyway if I ever feel adventurous enough I guess it might be worth giving them a chance.

[@beanacomputer]

"It's amazing they even let me have power tools." As he's hand-screwing haha

[@Siper2]

Looking good so far, but that cable management could use some love when you guys have time. And labels. :-]

[@Scints]

no fire extinguisher?

[@cybercapri]

Here is an idea that you may or may not already know, but regular Dryer Sheets work great for filters and lightly scented ones move a bit of scent as well. I use them on the outside of Fan Inlets and they do a great job removing about 90% of dust while almost no hindering to air flow and the end result is cleaner fans and fan ports for longer periods. Granted they look a bit ghetto but they are easily trimmed to fit almost any configuration and they are cheap, very cheap. I noticed your SSD inlets are full of dust and this would be a viable solution to keeping those inlets clear. Replacing them is as easy as removing the old and replacing with the new and perhaps a bit of Blue or Green Painters tape to keep adhesive from sticking to the plastic or metal parts. Dryer Sheets work well as mini dust filters and are easily replaced. Enjoy...

[@logicprohacks]

Big Thumbs up for replacing the Cisco box with pfSense! I am actually doing the same with my network, found there were some serious throttling issues with ASA model I had. Plus my ASA is in an open room, and the noise level is just insane. My pfSense box will be completely silent, b/c I decided to go with a silent case system.

[@jjws600]

Linus, have you thought about using remote desktop for the fraser server?

[@MarZGamingForever]

+Jaydon PlaysGames (jjws600) There's no benefit for that what so ever when you have physical access to the server.

[@jjws600]

still.

[@MarZGamingForever]

Jaydon PlaysGames A virtual access is pointless, they have created a VPN where all files can be uploaded and accessed at any time. That's why there's all of these servers with 10gb connections if you pay attention or even know slightly what he's talking about you'll understand this.

[@AmazingAlienGaming]

+MarZ Greg If I understand it a little, this means wired just goes faster right?

[@MegaWhiteBeaner]

+MarZ Greg Way wrong. Remoting into a box is much easier from an office than it is to walk to the room. How about configuring or troubleshooting several boxes at the same time? Way easier to do from an desk. How about configuring something you're not completely familiar with? Remoting into the box allows research to be done more efficiently. Do you think data center operaters walk around to each box and types at a console? No, no one does. Big boys and girls remote into everything, there's only one reason not to, and that's if you can't establish a connection. Also, don't be so rude to people who might ask questions. They're asking because they don't know. It's pretty clear that you've not known at least one thing in the last 30 minutes.

[@tokekkk]

5:57 that's what she said

[@jacen381]

Is he trolling actual admins? I mean... Airflow control, dust handling... He had to do a wall mount KVM/keyboard and monitor instead of an in rack solution? He had to take down the servers?! Does he know that construct dust can combust if not clogging components themselves, and yet, he'll get around to it because a keyboard mount, instead of remoting in, is more important. I like the guy, if he was in my area, I'd donate time to get this done right for him, this is just painful to watch.

[@LiLBitsDK]

Yes you have to take down the servers when you unplug the power cables and slap them into the UPS physically ;-)

[@HudsonGTV]

@@LiLBitsDK Not the servers that have redundant power supplies. He can just unplug one of them, and plug it into a power strip and then unplug the second one from the UPS.

[@rowebil00]

I went to 130Mbps residential. My ISP said my old E1200 router would do the trick... The thing never went past 90Mbps. They did not have anything new for the 130Mbps plan. I build my own pfSense Router and never looked back ever.

[@realzyxtomatic]

As far as the studs behind that keyboard tray, you likely have a "shear" wall there. It's basically an entire layer of plywood behind the drywall, effectively giving you an entire wall of "stud." (You can Google shear walls to see why they are used in construction.) If that's the case, using wood screws into the shear wall will hold just fine.

[@LydiaPuppy]

Your router is more powerful than my only laptop/pc ;-;

[@will16320]

You filmed him vacuuming and still got audio??

[@chrisfratz]

he's pinned with a microphone

[@felipe34k]

just stuck 4 180AMP truck bateries by the side those ups!

[@PoliticalDestruction]

Some key tips: 1. You're going to want to label all those cables. Makes it a lot easier to conduct updates and troubleshoot issues. 2. I think it would be more beneficial to change out the old cisco router for a new one or some other sort of enterprise grade system such as HP procurve. Yeah it will be a pain to configure if you're not that knowledgeable but it would support better scaling in the future. 3. Look into server visualization in the future. As you expand it may be beneficial to set up a system with blade servers.

[@tienems7971]

we call it shear wall wall down here in California. it gives a structures walls rigidity and strength for when force is applied laterally to a building.

[@zachfosterWeeklyVlog]

common linus I'm 20 and cisco certified lol thanks to high school tech training

[@WJMeyer64]

Shouldn't he use Lunix instead of Windows?

[@kartiknarayan2775]

He explained why he is using windows !

[@Holzider]

+Kartik Narayan link plox? windows server is worse than GNU/Linux or even BSD on servers.

[@kartiknarayan2775]

holzi i aint saying that windows is better , i was saying that linus already explained why he is using windows instead of linux

[@Holzider]

Kartik Narayan this is why i asked for a link on that. i'd like to see why he is using windows.

[@jmonsted]

+holzi Most of the content creation software only runs on windows and a lot of those things are doing double duty as application servers. Also, windows server is surprisingly good for anything that isn't crazy performance dependent and a lot of the fun hardware has better drivers on windows. Personally, you can have my FreeBSD server when you pry it from my cold dead hands, but the 5000+ windows servers (to go with maybe a thousand running Unix) at work are doing their jobs just fine.

[@deutsch-amerikanisch8281]

socks and sandals... you dirty dog.

[@AnimosityGamers]

It is standard practice to put plywood around a server room. Most i've seen go 8ft from the floor but also most i've seen put the plywood on the outside of the gyprock and is painted over.

[@f.d.3273]

3 years ago, his hole server was in a bathroom. With working water. He improved alot since then.

[@jeabusivxx4398]

Instructions = Put the thing on the thing lmao

[@VividBagels]

Why do you use Windows Server? Wouldn't a Linux based one work better?

[@JasonDishong]

+VividBagels he explained it in a previous video when he was showing off the server IIRC there was software that they were using that was only available on windows, to use linux would break the workflow.

[@Zandman26]

+Jason Dishong Still I think for the storage server it would probably be better to use FreeBSD and ZFS as thats probebly the best FS for large storage. (Can run this on linux as well but not as supported because of licences). But as a Linux user my self it would be nice if he used linux at least on the server:D

[@VividBagels]

Jason Dishong Oh, thanks!

[@ambassadorofpain1]

+VividBagels Because these guys don't know jack shit.

[@ChuckFickens1972]

+VividBagels He's using server 2012 (r2??) which does have some good features built into it and is pretty rock stable and fast. if you have users that have to use windows clients due to the software they have to use it often makes a lot of sense to have windows servers too. There are good cases to use both Linux or windows and the reasons for using either are pretty good, personally I use both on our servers, some of them are linux as it's the best solution, some of them are windows as that's the best solution. The whole Linux works better idea is very outdated and anyone who has got the best interests of the company they work for in mind would look at all options and pick the one that suits the needs best.

[@espro436]

Windows on server. So sad.

[@jnewton0033]

You could just RDP to the servers whens needed via IP as opposed to the desktop but always good to have. Cisco FTW, working on CCNP.

[@gregsb3454]

please dont go into construction....please would also recommend that you put a 1RU space between devices, it helps with cooling would also recommend that you colour code the patch wiring and label the cables, as well as a 1RU space between the pach racks and the switches

[@handyandqu]

r/cableporn is disappoint

[@Randomguy86204]

All this crazy equipment and beefy server room and what not, yet you still have the same quality as a youtuber who films from his room, is all this so neccessary?

[@drbren12]

Just anoyed that they never do anything properl ythe rooms are so irty and messy its discusting

[@NeonYukon]

+Rhetorical Question Your grammar is disgusting.

[@alexanderkbailey]

+Rhetorical Question For a user with a grammar based name, you certainly have disgusting grammar.

[@s8wc3]

+Rhetorical Question they explained its a work in progress and its dirty because of the construction going on... watch the video maybe?

[@drbren12]

***** I am terribly sorry for my comments grammar. You see I wrote this on a school computer with a broken keyboard while in rush so the teacher would not see me. I would never make such mistakes when typing. I will now read the dictonary 100 times to forgive my sin.

[@luncentlucyLucy_Cy]

the cables.....just awesome linus

[@FakeName39]

Great video. Cable management, i know how that goes since I worked in a casino\hotel. Nothing like 8 48port switches and trying to cable manage that all in 1 rack except we would have 4 racks I think on levels 2,5,9, 14(which was actually 13 but they won't label it that.) I would like to know if you specifically specced out the wall outlets on how much voltage is needed and if what looks to be 4 sockets on different breakers. For some reason contractors love putting it all on one breaker and we had a hell of a time getting it separated.

[@waleedcj991]

how much is your internet speed

[@arduria538]

They said it in the video. 1Gbps up/1Gbps down.

[@draconas109]

+arduria think he meant the price of it, not the speed

[@iDerekMC]

+arduria sry it isnt, they have like 300Mb down and 30Mb up :D

[@henrychan1039]

I thought he said its 200 up and 200 down in the moving vlog.

[@arduria538]

Sorry, I think I misheard... around 14:00, he did say 1000 up and 1000 down, I assumed he was talking about the actual internet speed.

[@epicjoe512]

When will the server, come out of the closet.

[@ufopulse]

I smell a half dozen russian and chinese hackers mining bitcoin on your shit... LOL

[@tomlindo2863]

You brought back bad memories. I had a building I was brought into during design and the wiring closet/server room was spec'ed like yours with passive cooling exactly the same with a fan blowing out "skimming the hot air off the top" causing negative pressure in the room. I protested that this was not proper for a wiring closet. I demanded a filtered pressure but lost the fight because $$. Every year after build I was replacing hardware due to failure from dust buildup. Years later decent $$ investment to convert to filtered pressure and problem solved. Reverse the fan so if blows in and add a filter. Putting a filter on the passive breather wont fix your dust problems. Like electricity, air will find the path of least resistance and the dust will come from the cracks and gaps from elsewhere.

[@DarrenBell]

Wow, we have to give our clients 2 weeks notice before we do any work on the server rooms! You are lucky.

[@FarseenAngel]

I love your content guys but whenever you cover your infrastructure i seriously cringe haha

[@charld]

Next time visit a data center first for some ideas on how to do what you are doing...i know its a "small business" but you must have some friends at Microsoft, Facebook..google ;-) some parts hard to watch..Grits teeth ;-)

[@bitmefool]

"lets plug in the main storage server" "Windows Server 2012 R2" "..."

[@diGritz1]

Nice to see your leveling everything. It's very important. The last thing you want to do is cause your system stress by making the data and electricity run up hill. You also have a problem if you have a power outage and all that data leaks back out. I really hate sweeping it all up off the floor and putting those 1's and 0's back in order.

[@lukeg779]

You really need to put on those side panels on ASAP because they provide crucial rigidity and with slight force on one of the pillars will topple the whole cabinet. Another thing is that the UPS is the most heaviest part of the server and should always be at the bottom due to the weight of the batteries.

[@rsethc]

There is something awesome and satisfying about the concept of a small business filling up an entire cabinet with all that stuff.

[@theoneyoudontsee8315]

if you change the hinges on the door way so the server room door opens out of the room instead of opening into the room you can put the other rack front to back instead of side by side.

[@pyrohhs12]

Why not mount the KVM switch on the back of the rack? Or move the switch to the back and put the KVM in its place?

[@FoxTailWhipz]

I'm surprised you didn't get 3 curved 32 inch 4k monitors for the server room xD

[@mpitogo]

Looks like you need some LOM, cable management and a PANFW.

[@SkylarMelo]

+LinusTechTips I'm taking Computer Information Systems Administration at BCIT currently, on my second year, will be completing in June. I work extensively in class with Cisco Routers and Switches, and am familiar with the Cisco IOS. I'm no expert, and still only a student, but i'm sure i could lend a hand.

[@jabowa]

I see they do cable management to their rack much like they do to their pc builds :) I know it's been a year, but has there been any work done on the rack since?

[@realzyxtomatic]

You don't have to close up the sides on that rack unless you're going to have a "cold side" (the front) and "hot side" (the back) like a datacenter has. In your small room it looks like you have no air flow control like a datacenter, so closing up the rack doesn't help with anything except aesthetics.

[@AceKilla08]

Rack kvm please !! It's only a 1u for the monitor maybe 2u with monitor and device for all the servers !

[@JCJC650]

Would you go for a standard filter on the room intake or would you go for something more like a car air filter that is designed for maximum airflow and filtration by use of extra surface area? If going for the standard filter you'd be better off mounting it on the outside so you could vacuum the dust of easily.