My SECRET Server Room Project

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My SECRET Server Room Project

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👀 Sneak Peek into My Secret Server Room Project! 👀
For almost a year, I've been working on a special project: building a server room that's not just functional but also cinematic! Today, I'm giving you a behind-the-scenes tour of this dream setup, still a work in progress but already filled with so much potential. From racking my 45Drives servers to configuring an epic 10gig switch, there's a lot to cover. So let's dive right in!
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0:00 ⏩ Intro
2:20 ⏩ Rack Build
5:32 ⏩ Busting Open Servers
7:22 ⏩ Racking Servers
9:14 ⏩ Installing HD’s / SD’s
14:30 ⏩ Configuring Switch
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Ultimate Server Room Tour
DIY Home Network Upgrade
Building a Server Rack from Scratch
MikroTik Switch Configuration Guide
High-Speed Internet Connection Setup
How to Organize a Server Closet
45Drives Server Unboxing and Review
Advanced Home Networking Solutions
Data Center Cooling Solutions
Cable Management Tips and Tricks
Installing Additional Electrical Circuits
SFP Ports and High Throughput Networking
Next-Gen Home Lab Environment
Configuring a 10-Gigabit Switch
Modern Network Infrastructure
Power and Cooling for Server Rooms
Network Chuck's Ultimate Home Studio
Smart Home Integration with Servers
Top Enterprise Networking Gear
Essential Tools for Building a Server Room
Application Security with Contrast Assess
Real-time Code Vulnerability Assessment
Family-Friendly Server Room Build
Future-Proofing Your Home Network
High-Performance Computing at Home
Data Storage and Backup Solutions
Racking and Stacking Enterprise Gear
Home Lab for IT Pros
Cisco vs MikroTik: A Comparative Analysis
Energy-Efficient Networking Equipment
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@NetworkChuck 10 ай бұрын

@contonium365 10 ай бұрын

ok how do you plan on using this? and does this have a power backup? or at-least enough of a backup to safely save and shutdown? Obv The 2 racks r linked but still.

@Bowswa 10 ай бұрын

Hey Chuck! My dad used to be REALLY good at this kinda thing, and he once used MikroTik to run a WHOLE corporate building, AND it was so redundant the entire network could run off of his phone for short term. And make sure you save the configs to backups somewhere, that way if one piece of your MikroTik tech dies, you just buy the part and import the config, not spending hours to re-set it up.

@BrennerEraFan 10 ай бұрын

The text messages made me laugh, Like do you really call your wife, "wi-fi" :) :)

@MatthewCiantar82 10 ай бұрын

Ideally you should enable the vlan filtering and define the vlans you want to use. This makes the trunks only use the defined vlans, but this would be a more secure configuration, avoid scenarios like vlan-hopping, or noise on the trunk which you don't expect.

@seankingsland 10 ай бұрын

Six Daughters. That's insane in 2023 Chuck!! Gratz man but seriously. How is your hair not grey? You are using the dye aren't you?

@MrWilde 10 ай бұрын

I heard 6 daughters and I honestly screamed out loud. The fact you can handle that and this channel, sir I love your work.

@tomlee6076 10 ай бұрын

why would you scream anyways?

@ytvandre 10 ай бұрын

It’s coffee power! ❤

@CodingHk 10 ай бұрын

But am seeing just three daughters😂🤣

@micweis 10 ай бұрын

That's how you know his coffee is quality 👌

@anne_price 10 ай бұрын

Was about to comment the same!!! 1 kid is already crazy, 6 AND a youtube channel is a crazy feat!!!

@g.vasilei 6 ай бұрын

6 daughters.. the man is trying his best to have a son

@konradwerner4134 2 ай бұрын

😂

@possibilitiesareendless660 3 күн бұрын

😢😢😢

@flirty_qwerty16 10 ай бұрын

“So I bought a new house” lol

@JeffGeerling 10 ай бұрын

Wells now you're a Mikrotik man. A true #homelab aficionado!

@orfeous 10 ай бұрын

Once you go MikroTik you never go back :) But cant hurt to throw in a couple of Ciscos in those racks just for good measures ;)

@alikbh1 10 ай бұрын

hi Jeff, since networkchuck talked about the importance of documentation, and I think you have a good skill with that, any tips?

@Darkk6969 10 ай бұрын

Mikrotik fan here!! 😎

@techwithanirudh 10 ай бұрын

True.

@FKLinguista 10 ай бұрын

The Homelab Cinematic Universe (HCU) is expanding!

@johnnydiaz1098 10 ай бұрын

This is the very best channel for tech tutorials. i found this channel many years too late but i found it. everything about the way you make your videos is perfect. you speak fast, you don't waste time, you show what changes will have what effect. When you code you say the full name of abbreviations (CD=change directory) making it WAY easier to understand. Absolute gem of a channel. all that AND a father of 6! i now understand the inclusion of coffee at every step. i need to step up my coffee intake.

@L3Gn3Rp 8 ай бұрын

Hey Chuck , pretty cool that you cover MikroTik hardware and a bit of the configuration! Your videos are awesome and they always encourage me to work on my homelab again and try new things. To avoid possible frustration, I have a few tips for you: - activate Safemode in CLI with ctrl+x (in case you loose the connection or lock your self out, it reverts the last changes) - add the bridge interface itself to EVERY tagged vlan in bridge settings - if you don't want your switches to be transparent (for a management vlan for example) add a "vlan"-interface under "interfaces" with the given VLAN-ID, add an ip address to it, and add it to the tagged VLAN in the bridge settings also - make sure that "vlan filtering" in the bridge settings is turned on Maybe it helps with trouble shooting in case of a problem. Best wishes! 👋

@ayuergens 10 ай бұрын

Dude, I love your stuff and NOW you have a server room!!! wow, a little jealous and enjoying your journey!

@hobgoblin4614 6 ай бұрын

Bro, 6 daughters, a wife, and a KZfaq Channel. Wish I could give you 8 likes. You my man deserve a medal!

@Royce1776 10 ай бұрын

So happy for you!! Always killing it with the content!

@jhictv 8 ай бұрын

this channel is not boring to watch , this is my favorite channel in all IT tutorials. #1 fan in Ph

@werdox 10 ай бұрын

It's so sweet that his daughter is just sitting in the background being with papa chuck

@swilsonsantos 10 ай бұрын

For safety reasons i'd consider to bolt the rack to the ground. With the weight from the drives if you pull servers for maintenance you may have the risk to tilt the rack and fall into you. May be a remote possibility but better safe than sorry.

@ProbablyRicky 10 ай бұрын

I second this. I worked in data centers and would never risk it.

@mnadamn 10 ай бұрын

All I could think about while watching this is how high the center of gravity is...

@JaykPuten 10 ай бұрын

That's a very good point.. Everyone who's seen a non "bolted to ground" rack has thought the same, or heard the results... and no one wants to just burn that kinda cash

@Dycell 10 ай бұрын

I worked datacenters and I couldn’t agree more. Please bolt the rack up or use special balance plating. Especially with the kids around!

@swilsonsantos 10 ай бұрын

@@JaykPuten it’s a lot of money indeed, but nothing compared to physical damage of him or specially one of his girls that seems to be around him all the time

@irinejcvetkovic7074 9 ай бұрын

Hey NetworkChuck, just wanted to drop by and express my immense gratitude for the amazing work you do! Your knack for making IT fascinating is truly impressive, and it's evident how much passion you have for the subject. Your content has been a game-changer for me in understanding complex tech concepts. Also, you come across as an awesome person, which makes learning from you even more enjoyable. Cheers to you and your incredible journey in making IT accessible and fun for all of us!

@blindside995 10 ай бұрын

Love the Mikrotik content! This brand and the hardware doesn’t get enough attention. It’s kind of crazy what can be achieved with it once you get a hang of the setup.

@indyspud 10 ай бұрын

I always romanticised the idea of having a glass wall on the server rooms under my control. But when you realise that you suddenly need to have absolutely EVERYTHING looking 100% all of the time in order for it to actually be a flex, it adds a lot of extra anxieties and stresses to what would normally be an everyday operation. Install a new device? Gotta route those cables absolutely perfectly. Remove a device? Gotta find another RU blank immediately. And remove the cage nuts. Temporarily hosting or labbing something now has to be relegated to the back side of the rack, assuming you have the space. And you can't go in there for a rant session after a shit meeting without being totally visible to the outside world.

@Influence713 9 ай бұрын

I lived this for a little while in the early 2000's and I can say that all of your anxieties are more than correct. Consider the owner of the company coming by to inform you of every prospective customer visit when they invite and give a tour of the facility to win them over with all the state of the art things, including my fish bowl of a server room. Then there was that time my co-worker did a software install and deleted all the custom SQL templates for the end to end (Sales to product delivery and maintenance) software suite everyone in the company used. Try having that conversation completely under your breath while holding a smile. 2 1/2 days in that fish bowl in complete and consistent observation while the entire company twiddled their thumbs. Once we found the right tapes the restore took the latter part of those 2 days, and it was worse once that started because we got to sit there twiddling our thumbs waiting to be told the next tape was needed.

@TechnoTim 10 ай бұрын

Looks great Chuck! Can't wait to see more!

@Lindae696969 9 ай бұрын

Incredible! What a great project! I love your work! You are very interactive and have great camera skills! How you can manage this channel, your kids and wife and of course your business is fantastic. Looking forward to the completion of your server room and your sanity LoL 😉Keep up the excellent work!👍🏻

@bestorjnr6648 9 ай бұрын

I have been learning a lot from you, since I started my CCNA learning here in Nigeria. I hope to be a successful engineer like you someday. After I finish self learning and getting enough funs to pay for my exams. Your videos has been helpful to me😊

@BenchmarkedPoorly 10 ай бұрын

Microtik stuff is solid, I also got owned trying to config some of their equipment as I've only worked with Extreme and Ubiquiti. That being said, after fumbling on setting up it up, it was super solid and reliable. I'll definetly be purchsaing more mikrotik stuf in the future.

@e.t.6989 10 ай бұрын

Chuck you are an amazing guy and you have a beautiful family. Keep up the good work Chuck!

@RustyDodd 10 ай бұрын

6 daughters. holy geez. keep trying. you'll get it next time.

@Utsav_Viradiya 10 ай бұрын

They are seeking for a boy, I guess!

@Mdmeskywlkr007 9 ай бұрын

Or maybe just grateful for any child God blessed them with, regardless of gender...?

@thebigfut 9 ай бұрын

The easiest way to work with MT is remembering that most commands are the same as Linux networking. I dumped Ubiquiti a couple of years ago and went to MT, I never regretted it. Not to mention my hardware has handled all that I have thrown at it, including expanding the home to a lab environment with the typical home service.

@jx9520 7 ай бұрын

Network chuck you’re the best teacher in the world…I have no idea what you talked about but I feel I got closer to learning because you make hard subjects easier to digest

@victorhugosanchezmoctezuma1020 9 ай бұрын

Any one that's a Cisco Guy (like you and me) Mikrotik is a piece of cake.... Congratulations, I like all your videos amd learn a lot from them. Thanks for everything!!!

@Emperor.of.Mankind 10 ай бұрын

Good luck with the new servers!

@mth0d 10 ай бұрын

FYI, Ethernet is just a protocol, it can be used over sfp and fiber. Great work as always :)

@CurtisBranum-IT 9 ай бұрын

This is goals! Love the way the server room looks.

@VariusSep 10 ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing your finished office. Sweet!

@AlbertLacerda 9 ай бұрын

Incredible video! And it gave me a great idea: I'm going to build a new house for myself, and I was thinking about creating a small room for the servers, but now I'm going to do like you, I'm going to divide a part of the office with glass and put the servers there. Thanks for the idea!

@travellekker 9 ай бұрын

We will definitely entrust our company in your hands, great work Chuck!

@cs1825 10 ай бұрын

Everyone's first until they refresh the comment section😂

@diytech-developement 10 ай бұрын

😂

@nerajjha2875 10 ай бұрын

True

@matgaw123 10 ай бұрын

True

@benhogan86 10 ай бұрын

first

@matgaw123 10 ай бұрын

@@benhogan86 bruh

@Afran146 10 ай бұрын

These Videos are always amazing. Thank you Chuck!

@beercap007 10 ай бұрын

Just bought an amazing dell EMC PowerEdge r730 $500 server and now you show me this! Love your approach and work that you do! Coffee break!

@AdHdEntertainmentLLC 10 ай бұрын

Love what was hopefully the first video of your new servers. This video also made me realize I know nothing of networking lol. Or I'm just way out of practice and studying. Keep up the good work

@cafugo_yt 10 ай бұрын

Cool project, it´s great to see you beeing happy about your creation :D

@Anon17352 8 ай бұрын

This is awesome! Keep up the great work Chuck.

@trevorford8332 10 ай бұрын

I always thought you were in the basement!! 😊

@erocvdub 9 ай бұрын

I just love his commentary, and jokes. Half the reason I watch his videos 😂

@hagner75 9 ай бұрын

Love this video, and I would love to see more content like this. I'm missing one thing though: The thoughts behind each hardware decisions, like why go with 45 Drives when you can DIY, or why Mikrotik over something else. It's probably a minority that would like that, but I'm probably in that area. Good job as always :)

@mrmotofy 8 ай бұрын

Mikrotik because they have really good equipment for really good prices

@hacktheworld2976 10 ай бұрын

Hi Chuck ! love your educational videos , your being so helpfull for my Cs lessons. wish you big achievements in future.

@ygypt 10 ай бұрын

once you said you had 6 daughters, your calm demeaner made so much sense. i always wondered how you were so zen-like, somebodys got uber dad experience!

@spikehall86 10 ай бұрын

I really like the mtik CCR and CRS's. The GUI and CLI are both really user frendly after you get started.

@naseerambalathu9010 10 ай бұрын

Happy to see Mikrotik in your server rack ❤

@opshlds 10 ай бұрын

Super excited for you! Server room goals!

@johnees 10 ай бұрын

I think a lot of people would appreciate more content dedicated for Mikrotik

@Rayyan-hi2ge 10 ай бұрын

The server skin looks so nice, love the dogs!

@stratt3000 10 ай бұрын

Very nice! Looking good in there Chuck ;-)

@TundeEszlari 10 ай бұрын

Very good video, keep it up, Chuck. :)

@markp2085 10 ай бұрын

around 1:40 I can relate when you said you kinda forgot how to build the rack build and the few other little oopsies. As a retired network administrator for a government agaency (I miss my job), I guess people would sometimes think I had a photographic memory, but I obviously knew more than the average person coming to computers, I am only human. We are only human. Technology changes so fast and sometimes we are doing one off stuff, until you need to do it again a year later. Good to hear you are human. You remind me of a younger version of me. You get way to excited with your computer projects, THAT IS ME! You are having way too much fun with your project, I am jealous. :)

@mrmotofy 8 ай бұрын

If it makes you feel any better your job doesn't miss you haha...they're like mark who

@HJSSolutions 9 ай бұрын

Chuck living everyone's dream of having a not just a homelab but a home datacenter.

@Tech_alltime 7 ай бұрын

Chuck , thanks for your videos! In general, English is not my first language, maybe more 4.... But I really enjoy watching interesting content in English! First, I need to learn English, second, it's very interesting content! Third, it is very important content these days, because the world does not stand in one place! Every now and then someone comes up with something new! And there is so much that there is simply not enough time to know everything! Keep going!!!

@MetaphoricMinds 10 ай бұрын

Chuck! My Man! You are the true incarnation of will-power.

@justt3ch 10 ай бұрын

Exactly the same happened to me last week kept redoing installing my rack for four times I feel you MAN. My hands hurts a lot.

@Lpcnew 9 ай бұрын

Just discovered your channel this week when searching for a way to create a NAS at home with my raspberry pi. Now, I became adicted to your videos and way to teach and would like to be your friend and have a beer 😂😂😂 So, when you come to Lisbon/Europe, lets have a beer!👍😄

@quaintbear 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on the new house and server room

@DanielTekmyster 7 ай бұрын

I took apart, moved and rebuilt an APC rack without instructions Chuck, think like the engineer you are!

@gamereditor59ner22 10 ай бұрын

Yeah!! Once you guys finish You should say "Quick Everyone! To the IT layer!"

@dejantunjic6146 10 ай бұрын

Oh Chuck is moving to Mikrotik land, the land of do every single step yourself, the land of I didn't know that was a thing (Initially then you remember you may have read or heard about that in a book once), the land of enterprise features and power (Limitless POWER haha). I run a Mikrotik at home it takes 10 times longer configure to do anything but you also feel like you achieved something when it works :) Good luck my internet friend :).

@user-gv3tt5us5e 5 ай бұрын

Ohh, some rack and stack, building it's my favorite! 🤩

@teamintoxicated4171 7 ай бұрын

Chuck, you should put the smaller storinators at top because I believe your rack is not bolted down and for the looks of it it’s top heavy

@sherrilltechnology 10 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness that switch is goofy, great video Chuck!!

@Talha27 10 ай бұрын

Love your works Sir, you are very Great teacher. Happy Teachers Day 🎉

@user-gq4zt9hf6e 8 ай бұрын

You are seriously outnumbered bro!

@JayJay_m13 10 ай бұрын

love the video! any chance you'll one day do some Mikrotik tutorials? loved the cisco series you did and i'd love see you teach mikrotik as well

@orfeous 10 ай бұрын

Best from two worlds! :) I love it too!

@CloudSportracer 10 ай бұрын

I am soo glad you mentioned that you deserved Keurig... I almost choked on my coffee thinking you coffee break'd on Keurig junk.

@prestonbaum5451 9 ай бұрын

You deserve it brother. Enjoy.

@MetaphoricMinds 10 ай бұрын

4:17 DAD BE QUIET!! I"M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE!!!

@BlizzetaNet 10 ай бұрын

I miss Datacenter sometimes. You really make me want to get back to it. Kudos to your new flex!

@bleuoval64 10 ай бұрын

1:55 a whole terrabyte of drives! No way. That is so much space!

@QueeeeenZ 7 ай бұрын

I love Mikrotik, would love to see you do series on it.

@DD1072 10 ай бұрын

That 10GB switch would be perfect for my lab. Thanks!

@howtodefeatgangstalking 10 ай бұрын

Your awesome bro hahaha love this video great job

@Holdeenio 8 ай бұрын

Amazing stuff, really enjoyed this video. Out of interest, why did you place the servers so high up in the rack? Are you planning to fill the bottom half with UPS backups? 👀

@toranshaw4029 10 ай бұрын

While I had no clue what you were talking about, I found this video rather intersting. Looking forward to seeing how it develops. 🙂

@CodesExplorer-hb1wr 10 ай бұрын

The best! I love this kind of videos

@evianq5719 10 ай бұрын

😂 longtime no see. Still can’t help lol and recommend this to my tech buddies 😂 some mins per day. Feel happy and recharge a bit after long day. 😂

@official_kex 10 ай бұрын

Love the idea with the glass wall 😮

@MrBriansaunders 8 ай бұрын

Mikrotik has so many ways to do VLANs based on what hardware you're using to get the maximum performance. On my old router the switch chip had all the VLAN but my new one uses bridge VLAN to utulize hardware offloading

@jojobobbubble5688 10 ай бұрын

In the nerdiest way possible I'm excited for this upgrade. GG's Chuck. Also your editors are hilarious and deserve a pay raise ;)

@epicfaction 10 ай бұрын

SIX?!? HOLY SHIT. props my dude... i thought 3 boys was challenging. RESPECT.

@abanobmikaeel3169 8 ай бұрын

It’s so inspirational to have 6 kids and be even able to do anything haha! Kudos to you I’m drowning with 2! Time for me to step it up I guess

@cgrease6963 8 ай бұрын

Love all the videos Chuck! BUT where can I buy one of those shirts at?! 😂

@OneTrueKing23 10 ай бұрын

7 daughters!!! God bless Texas size houses. 🤠 We are planning our first!

@jwmj2897 10 ай бұрын

Love it man! The daughter tasks 😂

@MatthewCiantar82 10 ай бұрын

Happy to see a MikroTik!

@thisit08 10 ай бұрын

A big shoutout NetworkChuck from Kenya😇!!!

@major5maximus 10 ай бұрын

I understood the first 10 seconds of the video, oh and the title too. yay

@laurojimenez9541 9 ай бұрын

🤩 you must be running your A/C 24/7. Love your vids though I need to build my save environment hacking computer Where were you in 2014 when I was taking my Cisco networking associates degree. Keep up the good work and vids. Big fan

@EngrAbhishekRoshan 9 ай бұрын

Great video....excellent. God bless you. Even i want to build my own dedicated rack server room with blade server's or sl4540 gen8 server.

@Brlitzkreig 8 ай бұрын

I love how he couldn't wait to tell us even before it was ready

@TheRealZeenox 10 ай бұрын

Im really young ( really really) and i somehow understand almost everything, you explain this stuff so good!

@zero422ful 10 ай бұрын

Jezz i had to play it again wasn't sure if i heard correctly! 6 daughters ! Man congrats ! :)

@boi8212 10 ай бұрын

0:09 man really missed the opportunity to rick roll us

@eyu7746 8 ай бұрын

i see all this and i am excited.

@alessandroconcas 7 ай бұрын

Love my open frame rack, I've 10 of those in 2 rooms, 4 used for old apple tech like imac g3 g4 mac mini g4 and intel, 3 for ham radio stuff, 3 for modern it tech (nas, dvr, nvr, printers, 3d printer and other security item), I've do just simple mods like put rivets in the hole for m5 screw, make holes from the side rail to interconnect 2 or more rack with (painted in black) wood panel and to make side wall finished in fake cherry wood... and check more times to avoid to invert front with rear (I've to admit i forgot/fail 3 times )... ps: open frame 42u with wheels are top for mantenance, can move aroun without problem. ciao!