The rack is from Sonnet and was nice (screws and sockets not included). You turn it upside down and unscrew three screws to be able to lift the lid. You then put your one or two Mac Mini (Servers) there. Both Mac Mini and Mac Mini Server fit. There's a USB cable from each Mac space that if plugged into the Mac gives you USB access on the front. If you want display adapter/cable that has to go out on the back side though. On the picture a HDMI -> DVI adapter is left plugged in. There's also small holes so you can attach for example the power cord. The back side also have a small shelf if you should need some sort of slightly bigger adapter or similar. Since there's no rails and it's monuted like (and about the size of a) switch you probably want to shut it down anyway if you're doing anything with it physically. It's still nice to attach the power cord to lower the risk of is detaching when you're working with other equippment or cable (who tend to affect each other). On the front there's also CD slots in case you have Mac Mini(s) which have an optical disc reader and a power button with an arm to the actual power button on the back of the Mac Mini (Server).
If you're only putting in one Mac there's a warning for putting disc into the slot of the empty Mac holder :-) and a strip with glue to put over the slot. It make me think of stories of people putting floppy disc into empty bays at their stationary computer.
And suddenly a second one popped in, actually a little fun this.
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ReplyDeleteThat looks like a really nice rack. Everything is so neat and organized. I like how it's tiny, too. I am looking to purchase a computer rack and I'm hoping to find one that is small yet powerful.
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