**A SuperClean Server Setup: A Step-by-Step Guide**

As I sat down to tackle my server setup, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness. The task ahead of me was daunting, but with a clear plan and the right tools, I was confident that I could create a system that would be both functional and visually pleasing.

First things first, I decided to tackle the power cable management. These bulky cables can be a real pain to deal with, especially when it comes to routing them through tight spaces. I brought out my trusty drill and set to work on neatly trussing up the cables, securing them to the server rack with hot glue. It was a tedious task, but one that would pay off in the long run.

Next, I turned my attention to the Fiber connection that comes in from my garage. This cable had been causing me trouble for months, constantly getting in the way and disrupting my workflow. I decided to make a new hole in the wall, carefully lining it up with the existing opening to ensure a smooth transition. It wasn't perfect, but it was good enough.

As I worked on the server setup, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride at how clean and tidy everything was coming together. The rack was now free from clutter, and the cables were neatly routed through the system. It was a small update, but one that made a big difference in terms of functionality and aesthetics.

One aspect of the server setup that I didn't bother with was custom cable management. With my limited schedule and sanity, I decided to pluck it together without too much fuss. The ASUS router, however, was treated with a bit more care. It was placed on a nearby shelf, where it could be easily accessed and updated.

**Testing the System**

With the server setup complete, it was time to test everything out. I powered up my gaming desktops and checked that they were functioning properly. The results were overwhelmingly positive – everything was working as expected. Next, I booted up one of my laptops and checked that the keyboard was responding correctly.

The system seemed to be humming along smoothly, with no major issues or errors reported. It was a great feeling to know that all of my hard work had paid off. The magnet-mounted dust filter was another feature that caught my eye – it would help keep the system tidy and reduce downtime due to dust buildup.

**Remote Monitoring and Management**

As I continued to explore the server setup, I realized just how much value remote monitoring and management software could bring to the table. Pulseway is a real-time monitoring tool that allows users to manage systems and support users from anywhere. With this software, I can access my systems remotely, checking for available memory, processes running in the background, and even executing commands.

The free account came with two systems, which would be more than enough for my needs. The interface was intuitive and easy to use, with a simple layout that made it easy to navigate. I was also impressed by the advanced features on offer, including remote desktop access and auto-remediation. With Pulseway's auto-remediation feature, I could set up workflows that would fix problems for me on their own – no more endless troubleshooting!

**A Giveaway Opportunity**

To celebrate the completion of my server setup, I'm excited to announce a giveaway opportunity with Pulseway and Corsair. One lucky winner will receive a sick gaming rig, complete with a Corsair i140, Core i7 9700K, and Nvidia RTX 2080. The full details can be found below.

**About the Author**

As an enthusiast of all things tech, I'm always looking for new ways to improve my workflow and stay organized. Whether it's building a custom gaming PC or setting up a home server, I'm passionate about creating systems that are both functional and visually pleasing. With Pulseway as my trusted companion, I can rest assured that my systems will be running smoothly and efficiently – even when I'm not around to babysit them.

**Related Resources**

* Pulseway: A real-time remote monitoring and management software that allows users to manage systems and support users from anywhere.

* Corsair i140: A powerful gaming PC that's perfect for those looking to upgrade their rig.

* Nvidia RTX 2080: A high-performance graphics card that's ideal for gaming and content creation.

**Additional Tips and Tricks**

* When it comes to cable management, don't be afraid to get creative. Use cable ties, zip ties, or even hot glue to keep your system tidy.

* Consider investing in a custom dust filter – they're not only eco-friendly but also help reduce downtime due to dust buildup.

* With Pulseway's auto-remediation feature, you can set up workflows that will fix problems for you on their own. It's a game-changer for anyone looking to streamline their IT operations.

Stay tuned for more tech-related content and updates from our channel!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- My server rack at home alwaysstarts out neat and tidy,and then all it takes is aproject where I've gotta attacha DVD drive to my systemhere and a failed routerthat I just throw areplacement in for there,and ugh, some contractors whocome and clear the fiberglassin my attic, leaving fiberglass fibersall over the front of my servers.Now all of a sudden it's acomplete and utter mess again,but not this time.This time, sponsored by Pulseway,makers of the softwarethat allows you to monitornot just your servers,but really any Mac,Windows, or Linux machine.I am going to be completelyproperly cable managing thisone cent for all accountingfor the next few projectsthat I have coming.I will even be, yes, makingmy own ethernet patch cables.Look at this.Isn't this adorable?Watch, see?Out goes this, in goes that.(electronic music)Step one is to give everythingthe old safe shutdown.I always do this, I turnedoff the desktops alreadyso now I've gotta issuethe shutdown commandto by Unraid server here from my phone.But we're good.System is powered off.Just as I released thatscrew I realized something.This server is not mounted on rails.It's just sitting on top of the UPSs.I better pull that out first.I do have rails for it, Ijust never installed them.Oh wow, you can see I was usingthe top panel of this caseas a filming plan at some point,that would've been a while ago.Looks like because it's fiberglass,so the strands are quite longcompared to regular dust,we actually ended up with almost nothinginside the system itself.So the specs of thisserver are kind of unusual.I've got a 9900K processor in hereand the reason for that isa ran into this weird issuewhere Plex, if you wantto transcode a 4K Blu-rayand also have subtitles baked into it,it's like a single threadedtask that's super inefficient.My 32 gigs of RAM, I'vegot a graphics card in herefor GPU decoding.Couple of HPAs so power the drives here.I think it's around a 150terabytes total storage.Couple cache drives and finally,a 10 gigabit nic from Aquantia.And,a redundant power supply.Just in case one of these modules fails,all I need to do then is is justclean off these drive caddiesand oh, that's interesting.So it's only the ones thatdon't have drives in themthat have a bunch of buildup.That makes sense since those are the onesthat are gonna be getting themost air flowing through them.Something I do have anextra of in case of failureis a hard drive.So this a cold spare,and key note among you might've noticedthat I'm using Seagate Archive driveswhich use shingles magnetic recording.Now it's cheaper and moreefficient use of the platter,but it has a right speed penalty,and as you might've noticedin WB's recent scandalwhere they were shifting WE Redshingled magnetic recordingdrives without telling anybody,they are not ideal for Raid.But don't worry, for my use case it's finebecause I'm not usingRaid, I'm using Unraid,which has Parity and data redundancy,but it does not use stripesacross the various discs.So that means that I'mall good with these.I get around 220 megabytes asecond writing to the Unraid,then a little faster reading off it.Ooh.Ah.I'm sorry.Ow, shoot.Well, it's good for findingyour keys when they're missing.Lttstore.comI used tennis balls to holdup the UPSs at the back.I had to find the rightnumber of tennis ballsto support them.The answer is five.It's not stupid if it works.Flat ethernet cables, thesehave a terrible reputation.But that said, all I wasusing it for was like mySonos hub thing, so.New rule, any cable that Idon't know where it goes,I'm not gonna plug it in anymore.At least two of these I havenot idea what they're for.Also, gross.Dead bee, bleh.I'm actually gonna be adding some stuffto the server cabinet.Some new switching gear fromUbiquity and that kind of stuffso I wanna move it up so I cansalvage two more Us of space.This really really is awesome,see you can adjust the length.So here's the first connectionthat I can make here.So we're going into one ofthe non-power ethernet portsbecause it doesn't have to deliver powerto my other switch obviously.Just the two Ubiquity units,so a router and a switch, andthen we've got these three Usthat we could theoreticallymove these up into.I'm gonna leave mine on top'cause I quite frequently end upplugging optimal drives into it and stuff.So that's just gonna stay.Are these cat footprints?For those who are wondering,I'm rocking a 3900X 12-Core processor.I've got a Titan RTX over there.And then I've got this weirdo gigabyte,I think it's a one terabyte MVMe SSDin the PCI express lot down here.I'm running some super old64 gigs DVR-420 6606 RAM.Not a great pairing forthat processor, I know.And them I'm still using the AX 1500i,this thing is going strongform the original buildas well as this super coolcustom reservoir D5 pump,and then of course X570 Aqua from ASRock.It's one of the fewmotherboards on the AMD sidethat supports Thunderbolt,which is really nice to haveif you can run a Thunderboltcable through the wall,use a Thunderbolt dock, you'vegot 30 gigabit per secondof OI for all your capturecards and all the kind of stuffthat I use over there.Yvonne's rig doesn'treally need to be touched.It's a 60--- Why?It looks terrible.- What?- Compared to yours?- Well it doesn't havewater cooling.- It looks terrible!- It doesn'tneed water cooling.- It's messy.- There.Tuck that there, you know?We can, well we'll clean the filter.All right?- You weren'teven gonna clean my filter?- Well yeah, I wasgonna clean your filter.Clearly doesn't get cleaned as often.It's fine as it is anyway.6700K, I think it's got 16 gigs of RAM.You know, you got my old Titan X Pascal.Lots of people would give their left nutfor a system like this.So I expect a left nutfrom you in the mail.Don't tell me where you got it.I gotta put both systemsforward in order to put yourmounting hardware in and thatmeans basically all the weightis hanging off the frontof this thing right now'cause it's empty.Hey that's not the, heythe printer saved the day.After a recent experiencelosing a UPS at the office,I just though, you know,like why cheap out on this?So I splurged a picked up two of these APC1500 Volt Amp units here.When I was mapping out all of my circuitsat my house recently,what I realized is that thisroom and everything in itis on a shared circuit witha whole bunch of other lightsand outlets in my house.So what I'm planning to dois have Brian the electriciancome up here and we're gonnaput a dedicated circuitin there for that gear,meaning that it would be niceto have a little bit more capacitybecause when that happens,I'd also like to go backto my plan of having the VR gaming rigthat's down in the living roomactually relocated up hereso we can do like a superclean setup down there.That is terrific.No more tennis balls for me.Thanks APC.Help, I'm stuck under a server!(grunting)Okay.Now I get to attach these systems properlyfor the first time ever, how fun--(drill buzzing)Is that.I always like to getpower cable managementout of the way first.They're just kinda bulkyand it's nice to not haveto deal with them when you'retrying to do the finer stuff.Brought both of gamingdesktops to the top UPSand the server to the bottom one.That means that the gamingdesktops won't last as longin the event of a poweroutage, but they're justquite frankly not as important.This gives me a lot more time to reactand get the server shut down correctly.I know I said I was gonna doeverything really properlybut if you think aboutit, hot gluing a power barto the inside of your serverrack isn't really not properly,like it's, I'm pretty surethat's generally accepteddesk practice material right there.One aspect of the cablemanagement that I can't fixby tidying up the rack hereis the Fiber connectionthat comes in from mygarage and the display portand optimal USB connections that go outto the room over there.So I made a new hole butI'm gonna have to run thoseagain, because right nowever since Collin set it up,they've just been comingin through this openingand I haven't been able to close it.The cat keeps going out there,it's a real pain in the butt.Here's the other side of that hole.I totally nailed lining it up.Now we make a new, more bigger hole.Well it's hardly perfect butit is literally in the atticso I'm not gonna stress about it too much.The good news, is it's alot cleaner on this side.So I'm just gonna installone of those littlelike brush things here andthen we gonna be good to go.That it a lot better.Small update,I am not bothering with thecustom cables for everything.It is3:00 in the morning.One thing I'm not gonnacable manage properlyis this ASUS router.Just 'cause it's gonna get replaced,so I'm just gonna plunk it right there.But I mean it's allstill looking pretty goodfrom the front here.I think we are ready for the big test.(mumbles)I am on wifi.See if the computers work.Oh, well that's simple.Mine's up.Mine is (mumbles) yes!Okay.And then yours, we're good.Keyboard working?Yes!Man I am just so stokedwith how this turned out.Check this out.Magnet mounted dust filter.Oh yeah.It's gonna stay tidy thistime, ladies and gentlemen.Of course managing yourhardware is just half the battleand that's where today'ssponsor Pulseway comes in.Pulseway is a real time remote monitoringand management software thatallows you to manage systemsand support users from anywhere.So I signed up for their free accountwhich allows you up to twosystems from my home closet hereand it means that I canjust login from anywhereon my phone or from acomputer and see things likeavailable memory,processes that are running,I can open up a terminaland execute commands,and I can even run automation scripts.It's pretty freaking sick.And if you get into theirmore advanced tiers,man you can do some amazing stuff.We're talking full remote desktop accessand this really cool newfeature called auto-remediationwhere you can bascially set up workflowsthat will fix problemsfor you on their own.So you can have something like,actually we had an issue thatthis would've been perfect fora couple of years agowhere the Dropbox servicekept randomly stoppingon one of our serversthat we needed to synchronizeall of the scriptsthat we put on our teleprompter.So with Pulseway's auto-remediation,you can just say hey,if this service stops,restart the service, and hey,fire off an email over to usso that we can keep an eye on how oftenthis bloody thing is failing.It's super cool.Don't take my word for it though,try it out today for free at the linkin the video description.We've also teamed upwith Pulseway and Corsairto give away a prettysick working from homeslash gaming rig.It's a Corsair i140 with a Core i7 9700Kand Nvidia RTX 2080, we'llhave those full detailsdown below as well.Thanks for watching guys.If you enjoyed this video,you might enjoy a recent onewhere Anthony and I made someupgrades to our server roomat the office.It's definitely worth a watch.\n"