{"id":565,"date":"2012-12-08T04:05:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T09:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/?p=565"},"modified":"2013-04-20T10:58:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T14:58:05","slug":"new-computer-rack-startech-rk2536bkf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"new computer rack: Startech RK2536BKF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently decided it was time to retire one of my 42U computer racks.  It was overkill for my needs, and I didn&#8217;t look forward to having to move it in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>I replaced it with a refurbished Startech RK2536BKF, which is a 25U rack with a vented glass front door and a mesh rear door.  It is near perfect for my needs, and I couldn&#8217;t pass up the price: $386.99 plus $111.55 shipping from Startech via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\">Amazon<\/a>.  I could not identify anything on the rack that would indicate it is refurbished; it looked new to me.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a picture of the front of the new rack with the door open.  From top to bottom: ART PS4x4 power distribution, Middle Atlantic TD-5 5U drawer (for rack screws, ethernet cables, etc.), an HP TFT76000 KVM console (17&#8243; LCD, keyboard and trackpad), a Belkin OmniView PRO 8-port KVM, <a href=\"\/Daniel\/Computing\/mcplex\/ria\">ria<\/a> and <a href=\"\/Daniel\/Computing\/mcplex\/www\">www<\/a> on a shelf, <a href=\"\/Daniel\/Computing\/mcplex\/depot\">depot<\/a>, a Powerware 5125 1500VA UPS and a Powerware 5115 1400VA UPS.  Not visible are the parts on the rear of the rack: a Zyxel GS1100-16 gigabit ethernet switch, another ART PS4x4 PDU and a pair of Middle Atlantic QTFP-2 fan panels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/Daniel\/Computing\/mcplex\/depot\/aperture\/pictures\/picture-11.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will be putting my 42U rack on craigslist.  It&#8217;s also a Startech breakdown rack, with an acrylic front door, steel rear door and 3 fans in the top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently decided it was time to retire one of my 42U computer racks. It was overkill for my needs, and I didn&#8217;t look forward to having to move it in the spring. I replaced it with a refurbished Startech RK2536BKF, which is a 25U rack with a vented glass front door and a mesh &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/?p=565\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;new computer rack: Startech RK2536BKF&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":617,"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rfdm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}