I say “proper” rack because I was going cheap and didn’t realize this one uses threaded holes for mounting instead of the square holes + cage nuts like a big boy rack. (The uprights actually have the square holes on the sides, but the way it assembles, they are just about 1/2" too narrow to accommodate rack mount equipment)
Nothing too crazy… AT&T craptacular modem, Ubiquiti gateway, couple of switches, media server chock full of refurb drives, pihole to keep the ads away, and an ancient laptop for a console. But it was all scattered on some plastic shelving before… Now it’s at least on a wheeled rack where it kinda looks like I know what I’m doing.
Next step is cleaning up the cabinet above it, including a giant mess of coax cables lying in a heap 😅
UPS = Uninterruptable Power Supply
Basically just a battery backup to help ensure that a short power outage doesn’t wreak any havoc, and gives the media server a chance to shut down gracefully.
I meant do you have one in the rack?
Looks like there’s one at the bottom
My bad, I thought i had listed a UPS in my post.
Yes, I do have one on the bottom. Got it used without batteries for cheap and filled it with new batteries.