10" Racks

As above, unless you're only fitting a few small things and displaying it on a desk then they're largely pointless. More for the bling factor than being functional.
 
Caged said:
and shelf brackets are cheaper if that's your plan
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It's certainly more expensive mate than going full 19" as most of the kit is sized for 19"
I run minipc hypervisors so it makes more sense for me. Full size switch is next door next to the node0 where all the structured cabling is, so I only need to provide a couple of uplinks to it from the minirack
 
This is more of a side project - most of my stuff is in a 19" chassis setup - but I've been playing with it in various forms over the last year or so and recently stripped it down (most stuff was shelf mounted) and started a build to possibly make it my main setup in the future - so this is early days without much in place and not final positions.

It is challenging, but I sourced a 10" rack mount switch (Digitus also does them) contrary to some who claim they don't exist - but supply is hit and miss due to the lack of demand. Still don't have something for my 10Gbe needs yet but that isn't a priority. I'm building a rack mount DIY UPS from scratch repurposing a cheap network switch enclosure (not pictured) and have other parts and or have them coming for cable management, etc.

Will likely make some kind of mount for the MeLE mini PC as well - mostly used for managing my backups - with it using the J4125 CPU it is possible to tune it for crazy low idle power consumption.

I'll also be putting something in there for running my game servers on - not decided yet due to some concerns over some issues with it but thinking of putting a Minisforum MS-01 in there and making a rack mount for it, though contemplating going for a custom mini ITX setup with something like a 7945HX instead or maybe the MS-02.

7" touchscreen mounted on the front for administration duties.

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Older incarnation of it:

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(I did have more stuff in it in between, HDD enclosure and Eaton UPS, etc. but unfortunately don't have pictures of that)

For home use I think I will be ditching 19" in the future.
 
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It is annoyingly not straight forward making a custom UPS - trying to avoid designing it entirely from scratch - but there is a lack of pre-built 12V lithium charge boards and the ones that do exist are mostly very poor, best of a bad job seems to be the XL4015 boards (and a BMS as required). Probably doesn't help there aren't many options for a 12V charger IC. Ideally want to use off the shelf 12V LiFePO4 batteries.

Trying to avoid something messy like multiple 18650s and individual TP4056s or something hacky like reusing a solar charge controller and bypassing MPPT and/or making the input compatible with PWM.
 
Rroff said:
It is annoyingly not straight forward making a custom UPS - trying to avoid designing it entirely from scratch - but there is a lack of pre-built 12V lithium charge boards and the ones that do exist are mostly very poor, best of a bad job seems to be the XL4015 boards (and a BMS as required). Probably doesn't help there aren't many options for a 12V charger IC. Ideally want to use off the shelf 12V LiFePO4 batteries.

Trying to avoid something messy like multiple 18650s and individual TP4056s or something hacky like reusing a solar charge controller and bypassing MPPT and/or making the input compatible with PWM.
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Yup, current UPS won't fit but maybe more options with the larger DeskPi RackMate T2
 
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Subliminal Aura said:
Yup, current UPS won't fit but maybe more options with the larger DeskPi RackMate T2
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There are several UPS which can fit, won't slide in/rack mount but can be wiggled into place, on the bottom of the DeskPi/GeeekPi units, obviously with the taller units you can also upright mount a standard UPS but at least for my intents and purposes it kind of defeats one of the goals of going to 10" with keeping a compact portable rack cabinet.

I'm leaning towards DIY as I want to have the ability to monitor the UPS state and shutdown connected equipment and a lot of the smaller units lack USB or other remote interface functionality and I've already got a working DIY interface I've made that works with an ATTiny85 or Arduino.
 
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Dangerous said:
I'm using 10" rack now and this currently sits on top of a 19u rack!

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Is this the GeeekPi Rackmate 8U rack?
I'm looking for solutions sore racking or stacking my new equipment. I was originally going to use a TecMojo wall mount rack but now thinking that perhaps a moveable rack like the below will be better for moving if I need to get in about anything.
What solutions do the rest of you all use?
 
michty_me said:
Is this the GeeekPi Rackmate 8U rack?
I'm looking for solutions sore racking or stacking my new equipment. I was originally going to use a TecMojo wall mount rack but now thinking that perhaps a moveable rack like the below will be better for moving if I need to get in about anything.
What solutions do the rest of you all use?
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That is correct "GeeekPi 8U Server Cabinet, 10 inch Server Rack for Network, Audio, and Video Equipment, DeskPi RackMate T1 Rackmount Case"
 
I use IKEA Lack tables at home. The Synology one in the attic has been turned into a wind tunnel cube, with 4x fans running in on 5v USB.

Other one has my switch, patch panel, router and a shelf for Pi.
 
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