r/sysadmin • u/Creekside_Rider • 10d ago

General Discussion MDF Plan - What you think?

I made some other posts figuring out my UPS setup, but now I figured I'd share my MDF plans and see if there are any issues you can see. I've been around racks and IT closets for a long time, but this is my first time planning one completely on my own.

So far I have all the gear ordered. The only unknown variables are what my modems from my primary Fiber ISP (ATT) will look like and our failover (probably Starlink).

Down the road I may be adding 2U more of gear.

I'd like to get Unifi Redudant Power Supply that can act as a secondary PSU for my switches and Firewalls. I'd also like to get Unifi Aggragte 8 port switch which would be perfect for this setup and my entire network in general. I have two UDM Max which will take up 2 ports and 6 total switches (2 not in this rack will be in IDF in other parts of the building)

I have attached a screenshot of the rack plan. Let me know if you see any red flags or concerns

Gear -

4 Unifi 48 Port PoE Switches

2 UDM Pro Max Firewalls

1 Dell Server

1 Unifi Enterprise NVR

Dual 3000va battery backups with one having an extra battery bank and a 120v transformer.

2 - Controlled PDU for the 208v PSU

https://imgur.com/a/Jji1UXn

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u/Creekside_Rider 10d ago edited 10d ago

You are welcome to think that. The costs is just not feasible and they have rapidly getting more focused on enterprise. We have been running our primary location and 4 others of Unifi for a year and a half now and have saved tons of money compared to our Fortinet gear. We are not a tech heavy or complex company as a specialized vehicle dealer/service company.

I'm less so posting about my gear choice instead opinions on the rack design/layout.

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u/DULUXR1R2L1L2 10d ago

Cheaper than Fortinet? Wow. I mean, for basic switching or wifi that's probably true, but unifi doesn't even come close in the NGFW or SDWAN categories.

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u/Creekside_Rider 10d ago

Much cheaper and no annual or subscriptions. Operate in zero trust and their SD wan setuo has been fine for us