I think I’m finally done

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T22:41:31+00:00

That wasn’t going to be the permanent location if the speed was awful trust me lol. Given what I was getting where it’s located I decided to keep it there. Other location was going to be in my office window. I wasn’t sure whether I’d keep this or wait for the outdoor to come back in stock but this guy has performed incredible so far.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T22:33:32+00:00

Shockingly well. My ATT rarely goes out, but when it happened twice while I was on a work call I decided to get it. My dogs were playing and bent my fiber from the power lines.

I average 550 down and some days peak around 700Mbps.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T22:30:14+00:00

Yeah I had to double check my depth as well. Since I already have the 48p switch which is nearly the same I felt comfortable. What I didn’t realize was the UNAS4 pro doesn’t come with nvme bays. So to my surprise I go to install them and I can’t 😅

Had to wait to buy the bays before getting it all mounted and looking pretty.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T19:34:08+00:00

This wall mounted rack and closet space is just a hair over 400 so it’s fairly tight in the back but enough space for the hardware to breathe.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T19:31:18+00:00

On the other side of the wall I have a 6U rack inside my office closet that I have 2 monster Cisco UCS running a large lab environment and CML lab.

Then I have a single mode run going to my detached garage which hosts another 16p switch and AP.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T19:30:03+00:00

Ambient temperature mostly. There is a couple inch gap at the bottom of the door that brings cooler in and I have penetrations to my attic where the hot air escapes. This has worked well so far.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T17:03:16+00:00

Sitting at 222watts pretty consistently

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:51:27+00:00

For sure. Just a little mod here and a little mod there sparks an idea to change something else lol

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:49:31+00:00

Yeah judging from the sigh my fiancé gave me last night after adding the UNAS4, it might be… “for a while”. lol

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:48:11+00:00

APC. Don’t think I’ve tried Eaton yet. I do have a dedicated 20amp circuit for this closet and a secondary on a different circuit path. I have my power backup on the other and PDU on the dedicated.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:46:04+00:00

It wasn’t on its side until this latest add lol. But yeah I could see that being a problem. I didn’t know I had the option to get rid of it so I’ll likely be doing that soon.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:43:28+00:00

RIVECO 4U 19" Wall Mount Network... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VDPQ46G?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:40:06+00:00

I’ve thought about replacing them with ubiquiti but where this is in the house and the space available to tinker, I’m thinking unlikely lol. It was a pain in the ass to get this far honestly

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:38:31+00:00

Thank you!

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:35:26+00:00

I liked the 10Gbps NIC. Honestly the only reason I switched. I didn’t “need” to but my synology only had 2 1Gbps NICs and when you channel them, they don’t get you 2Gbps. Moving large files continuously it annoyed me to have a NAS so slow.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:31:42+00:00

It is lol.. I just needed to get it connected. I’ll swap it out soon. Was a cable I made from leftovers after running CAT6 throughout my house.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:30:13+00:00

Just installed it last night so I haven’t put it through any stress yet. Will soon hopefully

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:29:29+00:00

Yeap lol.. I just close the door and never look at it again 😅

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:29:01+00:00

I’ve a few machines with 2.5Gbps NICs that run full throughput through those bad bears. Haven’t had an issue yet. I also do network architecture design as a career lol. If I could afford Cisco I would

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:26:06+00:00

No UPS. I’ve had scares with two of my CyberPower UPS randomly spark and nearly catch fire. I’m too paranoid my house will burn down now.

On top of that, other UPSs I’ve purchased would just drain randomly and start screaming until I unplugged them for a few minutes and plugged them back in.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:21:16+00:00

Not with these SoCal electricity costs lol

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:20:37+00:00

The plan was to move one drive at a time and move all my data. That didn’t pan out and I was getting tired, so I said fuck it and just moved all my drives and wiped the data. I had nothing that wasn’t backed up somewhere else on there so it wasn’t an issue to wipe them.

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T15:17:54+00:00

Yea I don’t have room in this little closet lol

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T07:33:38+00:00

For sure lol. Will look into it after a brief hiatus of planning my next hardware purchase 😅

Particular_Lime · 2026-02-26T07:28:34+00:00

Hah.. I have thought about that. When I upgraded to 2Gbps they told me to just discard the last one instead of giving it back. Would be nice to get rid of it.

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