List for 10” equipment for homelab
As my kids want their own rooms in the future I’ll need to downsize a bit. Is there a list for recommended 10” Equipment? Any help appreciated. My research so far turned always in the direction of get rack bars and a 3D printer ( or shops selling the 3d prints)
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Have you considered putting your kids up for adoption?
What a horrible thing to suggest.
Sell them and use the money for more equipment.
Jeff Geerling put together a list of a lot of 10" Hardware: Project MINI RACK
Well I never particularly cared for his videos before, but I'm gonna make damn sure I never click on another one after doing some reading on this. Thanks for sharing
That's new information for me, and a quick web search doesn't bring up anything to that end (other than him being Christian, and I don't find that problematic on its own). What did I miss?
Edit: Nevermind, I just found his blog. I mean, everything related to politics and religion is from more than 10 years ago, but... yikes. That's a shame, I really like his videos.
I believe raised beds for kids have a lot of space beneath them for putting servers. Just make sure they can't pull the plugs 😜
Keeps 'em nice and warm too.
Reddit == Evil, but if you're looking for ideas there's an entire subreddit dedicated to this. Tons of ideas, links to 3d prints, and more:
https://www.reddit.com/r/minilab/
Yeah, they have a great wiki, it's how I found my stuff.
A (friend with a) 3D printer is essential. Stuff is fucking expensive on Etsy etc.
I've ordered a few parts from jlcpbc printed recently, the prices were beyond reasonable. (Things that I wanted a resin print for to reduce layer problems)
It may help that they have a $10 off coupon, and I stayed really close to that.
One of the three subreddits I still visit.
Digitus has a lot to offer for 10" Racks. I use a lot of their Basic stuff for my Racks. AS a Server I am a fan of Mini-PC's. They are (imho) good enough for SOHO users. For storage an off the shelf NAS is small enough to fit inside the Rack. I did not find a good option yet for a TrueNAS solution (maybe one of the NAS solutions where you flash your own operating system?).
From my 10" homelab:
I don't know where you are located. So maybe you need to check if these are available to you.
I’m having trouble translating how big your cabinet is ….. given the list of equipment similar to yours (nas, switch, router, ports), how many mini-pc’s fit?
Are pi’s or other single board computers options for you? My home lab runs on a handful of pi’s a dying mac mini (I am looking at replacing the thing with a better computer) and a Flint 2, running OpenWRT. I have a Rock 5 or something like that but have never been able to figure it out.
I’m currently running on a pi4 and a HP Elitedesk, those should be fine. Just need to tidy up everything else because I have to target a higher wife acceptance factor
It's a bit hard to justify a 3d printer for a single project, but if you think you'll use it for other projects then that's the way I would go. I just finished putting together a bit of a Frankenstein 10" rack based around these https://www.printables.com/model/1564648-rail-with-integrated-caps-for-10-inch-rack-system https://www.printables.com/model/1173672-10-mini-rack-all-3d-printable
Biggest callout would be to make sure the printers you're looking at have a large enough bed size to print the model you land on. The original one I was planning on printing couldn't fit on my printer.
In addition to the other comments, that's also ![email protected], it's pretty dead though