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Message: [QUOTE="Danoff, post: 12676037, member: 8497"] Alright it's been a while since the last update. I'm considering going rack-mounted. My equipment is as follows: - Cable modem (work line) - DSL modem (home line) - Home router - Work router - 16-port Switch (full) - Monitor - Keyboard x2 - Mouse x2 - Media server (4U rack case) - DVR server (desktop case) What I'd like to add to that (following a brief power outage provided by the "Bomb Cyclone") is a UPS. I could potentially buy a 1U form factor UPS. The work router is a cisco model that can be rack mounted with a $16 adapter. The DVR could be moved to a rack-mounted case that I do not own currently. As far as I know, there is no way to adapt my 16-port switch to work on a rack, so it would have to sit on a shelf or in a drawer with the modems. I think I would benefit greatly from a patch panel to manage the 20ish wired connections that I have floating around down there. So I'm at a crossroads, do I buy a cheap UPS to keep my router and switch flying in a network outage? Probably not. Do I buy a more expensive UPS to keep the network up and give my server time to shut down properly? Yea that seems more likely. Do I then pony up the dough to make it rack mountable? Dilemma. What do you fine folks think? I have no experience in this department. [/QUOTE]