Noise level was the one factor I overlooked when I purchased a rack mountable server for the lab over a year ago. To dampen the noise and to tidily store my current and future network equipment, I took on the challenge of building my own server cabinet from wood.

An evaluation of functionality, air flow and noise level is shown in the final 5 minutes of the video.

More details and behind the scenes pictures can be found on my science blog here http://halflife390science.blogspot.co...