Network Server Cabinet why should I use one?
Are you putting together a data network? A Network Server Cabinet should be considered at the top of the budget list. Even if you’re only doing a small room in your house for HDTV or a large or small office environment don’t try to by-pass the Server Cabinet.
When you go all through the trouble of running a cable network you need to bring it all together inside a cabinet that can protect your server equipment and keep unwanted hands out. In this endeavor security for your network should be a major consideration. Particularly if this is a data critical network or even to keep the kids from playing near the server.
If it is a small network you can consider a small network cabinet that takes up little room but can still house your server or your video distribution equipment. You can get one for under $200.00 and you can even lock it. Now that is a big plus. Putting your HD equipment out in the open leaves it exposed to un-wanted tampering. Using a locking cabinet will save you the headache of what happened?
If you doing a large office or even a small one you should be bring the cable that goes to your computer or peripherals into a central location. From there you would branch out to rooms or desktops. The wires coming in could be telephone connections that you’re going to distribute throughout the area along with data connections that will be distributed. These connections going into a network server cabinet will provide the security and the protection of your system. Larger networks can have several cabinets banked together and cables run from cabinet to cabinet. You can even have dust free or Nema 12 type cabinets that are used in a not so clean and dust free environment. Consider all the alternatives and don’t leave your network exposed to un-wanted tampering or the environment, use a networking server cabinet.