Our Server Room is a DISASTER...

The server room at the new lab building is right in the middle of the office space and as such, needs some serious sound deadening. Today, we remedy that with inexpensive materials that anyone can DIY sound deaden with!

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:26 The Plan
3:40 Baseline sound measurement
5:33 How we're mounting the Rockwool
6:25 Keeping the insulation from shedding
7:04 Installing the Sonopan
8:56 Installing the door seals
10:13 Measuring the improvement from the Sonopan
11:11 Dealing with the window
12:44 Mounting Rockwool!
14:08 Duvetyne demo
14:35 Measuring the improvement from the Rockwool

[dukenoookem]

Hey guys,
with your transformer using a rubber mount is probably not the best idea given most TXFR weigh a significant amount and the rubber will deteriorate overtime. Using a steel wire rope mount is probably going to give you a much longer and more durable solution to the rubber mounts. We used them in the military on naval ships to help protect the servers from the vibrations of the ships, and now I see them in the energy sector as well. As an idea of what I am talking about just google "steel wire rope isolators"

Additionally you should do the same for your sever racks so the vibrations do not transmit through the flooring which isn't isolated. At industrial grade recording studios you will often find that the floors are actually floating to help prevent those transmissions through the floor. To help deaden the floor reflections you could also place some rubber thick gyms mats, or carpet with a good underlay.

Hope it help!
Cheers,
Duke

[QuarkXQuasar]

I feel like in 20 or 30 years, that thing'll really come together nicely.

[Zosu]

Always love to see Linus and his Son working on the server room 🥰

[nomell]

Carpenter here! Rockwool has a more rigid type of the insulation called ComfortBoard 80 that is basically a mix between rockwool insulation and sonoboard. May have been a product you are aware of but if not, we use it all the time and it's fantastic! Could be a product to keep in mind next time you take on a project like this. Impressed with the work you guys did though, your DIY is better than some of the professional stuff I've seen haha. And also, f**k acousti-seal, all my homies hate acousti-seal

[AndTecks]

I love that they are all doing this themselves. It's their style and I friggin LOVE it

[chzybean]

Gentlemen. With all the love in my heart, may I simply say.... PLEASE WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU USE ROCK WOOL! I work with it every day. It's invasive to your respiratory system and can cause all sorts of problems. There's no shame in being safe. We'd like to keep all of you around. Keep up the great work and content. ❤️

[galgrunfeld]

Linus to LMG employees: "I want you to help me build this company"
LMG employees: "business-wise, right?"
Linus: "you're gonna build the business alright"

[alexhaulton]

I'll never not love Dan randomly showing up in episodes and just being Dan!

[FadedXLoCk]

I love these vlog style building episodes because it shows how talented the team is…not only a great group of nerds, but great group of handymen as well

[AVPEx]

Using the lab and it's resources to build the lab is absolute genius!

[pjmiller]

I like when LTT does this kind of IT stuff. Really interesting

[DONE]

As a System Admin for a government agency, I can assure you, you have the most organized server room I’ve ever seen. Every time I walk into my main office’s, I want to cry.

[jaydensydes]

I'm sure that between dan and the audio guys from the lab they already know that proper sound proofing requires an air gapped room within a room on all dimensions.
they only spent 2000 dollars on this, worked with what they had (existing electrical, ceiling tiles, and windows) and still managed to block enough direct sound to make those rooms tolerable, as someone with experience in this industry, i call this a win.

[TheKillerman]

i love the "noncontent" of the channel.

when there isn't computer tech news, or inventions, the youtube is just vlog style building upgrades like linus' house, the 5, 000$ tech upgrades for the team, and so on. Keep up the great work!

[MotoCat]

"Every time I see Dan I'm like what the fuck is wrong with him? but like in the BEST way"

This is how I want my friends to see me

[pyroslev]

As someone who works on HVAC and has to deal with DIY and DIWHY, thank you for leaving the area around the unit serviceable.

[zjeepgozweeln]

A cheap kitchen bread knife is how pro installers cut rockwool. Gaps, even tiny ones, are your biggest enemy in sound proofing. The drop down door sweep is an excellent add. Great work!

[Dhiqr]

For the doors, you should check complete soundproof solutions. Here in Finland, Swedoor’s Rw 47db - class doors are so soundproof that they block practically everything. I’ve used an angle grinder to cut metal and the person on the other side of the door, just barely heard it. They’re also fireproof.

[Patrick.Weightman]

Shoutout to Red Green! I met him in Washington years and years ago, he's easily one of the nicest and most polite people I've ever talked to still to this day. Just an absolute saint

[tyrannicpuppy]

Can I just say that I adore the Labs Server Room Saga. Every video has been a complete blast to watch. Even if it's the kind of thing barely any of us watching would ever have cause to use, it's just satisfying to watch them. Must be that same itch that gets scratched by watching DIY videos. And Random Dan is always a win. I too wanted to feel the fabric and see how soft it was.

Be interesting to learn when Labs finally breaks even. Thought I think we all know that is a long way off with the price tags of just some of the stuff they've bought.

But I do love the amount of in-house design that has gone into making it work. From the hangars here to the refined testing gear. Really shows how immensely useful 3D printing can be in a work environment for those of us in industries where it's just not used. Have a crazy idea for something that might improve workflow? Just run over to the 3D printing lab and bash one out.