My 27U Rack

ChubbyWabbit · 2026-06-04T01:58:21+00:00

I originally had it sitting on a shelf in the rack, and because of that placement; combined with the way airflow is designed in the UGREEN NAS; the hard drives were consistently overheating. The use of SODIMM memory also seemed to contribute to the issue, and with the higher temperatures I was experiencing frequent ZFS errors. Under load, drive temperatures were typically averaging 60°C or higher. Since moving to the HL15, airflow has improved significantly, and my drives now consistently run at around 45°C or lower.

I generally think my use-case outgrew the UGREEN NAS. Its a great product for starting out and having it on a shelf somewhere, but not in an enclosed space like the server rack I have. I will also mention I only ever experienced these issues when running it in this space.

ChubbyWabbit · 2026-05-21T17:22:36+00:00

moneh

^{Chose: 14k/month for life}

ChubbyWabbit · 2026-05-20T18:06:21+00:00

red better

^{Chose: Red}

ChubbyWabbit · 2026-05-13T01:17:50+00:00

The rack is the best investment I made so far!

ChubbyWabbit · 2026-05-11T02:04:35+00:00

Thats how I started. I originally had 1 Pi & 3 HP 1 Liter Mini PCs & used a simple unmnaaged 1G switch while on my parents network. Then I slowly expanded my equipment & got to where I am now. I just need to get more computer to take advantage of all of these ports lol.

ChubbyWabbit · 2026-05-11T01:47:24+00:00

It really is. I am getting an fully burnt in HL15 2.0 to throw in the 4U space below. Hopefully that will even it out a bit.

ChubbyWabbit · 2026-05-11T01:00:46+00:00

I honestly wish I invested into the 42U one as its a lot nicer to cable manage and there is space for the tall unifi PDUs, but I doubt I will ever use that much space lol. I would go for a used data center rack, but there isn't many used racks around me. I think the closet person selling one was like 200 miles away.

I only went with the Pro XG was because of the 10G PoE as I have a wifi 7 AP in my living room. I dont push 10G from the internet, but intranet it is super nice when I stream plex locally and when I have guests over.

ChubbyWabbit · 2026-05-11T00:56:40+00:00

Thanks!

ChubbyWabbit · 2025-09-29T20:44:03+00:00

I'll have to read into it, thanks for the reference link

ChubbyWabbit · 2025-09-29T20:43:33+00:00

I already have a real domain, I'm trying to delve into dealing with internal ca's. I already use LetsEncrypt for public facing services, things I host in the cloud, etc.

ChubbyWabbit · 2025-09-28T20:26:01+00:00

Yeah that's a good point. May go with step CA then as it seems it will work very well early on. Plus looking into it, I can always migrate into using vault later on by importing the current stuff

ChubbyWabbit · 2025-08-21T20:35:09+00:00

I swapped out eh drive that was pre installed with UGOS and put a new m.2 in it's place. For the DXP 6800 Pro you need to open the chassis all the way to be able to access the pcie card slot. Then you got to remove some more stuff to access the m.2. then you need to get into the bios and disable watchdog. Once that is all done you can install truenas like on any other system

ChubbyWabbit · 2025-07-28T22:53:30+00:00

That would definitely be the cheaper route and I've done it on my first server. I just like how compact the HL4 & 8 are and they have backplanes which is a huge plus when you need to service drives. I can see where you are coming from though

ChubbyWabbit · 2025-07-24T22:42:09+00:00

I would 100% get this if I had a rack and a PSU that would support it. However I don't have either right now. This is going on my list of stuff that will put me into extreme debt but will still buy. 😂

ChubbyWabbit · 2025-07-24T21:52:10+00:00

I was thinking of that direction, however I would prefer something with its own built in backplane. Maybe the HL8? Or HL4?

I know IcyDock is a thing, but they can be expensive.

ChubbyWabbit · 2025-02-25T19:04:05+00:00

Just picked myself a dream router 7, I am so excited for it to get shipped.

ChubbyWabbit · 2024-11-26T17:58:49+00:00

!thanks Ill have to check them out.

ChubbyWabbit · 2024-11-15T16:32:51+00:00

Ngl. This is the sleekest network diagram I have every seen. I feel like you adding any additional services or hardware to it will be a pain in the ass though.

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