That's an impressive set-up and does look the part! What do you use all that power for?
Looking at the ends of the front panels I wondered if there is enough overlap to secure them by self-tapping screws into the uprights, perhaps those self-drilling ones used for fastening arhcitectural steel panels to pressed-steel purlins.
@ArishMell I tried self tapping but the metal was too cheap and weak to support the weight properly, every little shift caused a screw to pop out.
The zip ties held together surprisingly well during transport, I added extra padding and used a dolly to get the rack and servers down three flights of stairs. Once I get the new workshop set up at the new address I was going to set up proper towers.
As for what I used them for, mostly video game servers. They're all a bit dated, and some have been picked and salvaged for parts to keep the newer or more powerful ones running. But I did manage to get a Minecraft and Rust server running for two weeks straight at some point before I had to shut them down due to power usage and cost of maintenance.
@ArishMell Well, the games don't. But if you want to run a server that'll support 30+ players, and the hardware you're using is 'dated' to say it nicely, it'll look like it's more impressive than it truly is. ^^;
I'd kill to get my hands on a more modern server that's capable of doing everything 3 or 4 of those older models are capable of.
