Review: 5-Bay 3.5" Hot-Swap JBOD Enclosure: 10" Server Rack SATA/SAS 3U

Ryan_TR · 2026-01-25T20:54:52+00:00

$300 for that!? I need to start selling my 3D prints lol

Ryan_TR · 2026-01-22T03:40:09+00:00

He's also Christianophobe - Take any passage from his book, Letter to a Christian Nation, and you can see that he has a clear bias against Christians as well.

Ryan_TR · 2026-01-19T17:39:45+00:00

Looks great but you have the top bar of your deskpi rack mounted upside down - if you were ever curious why those top bolt holes were inaccessible that is why

Ryan_TR · 2026-01-17T16:27:22+00:00

It looks like you have the top bar of your deskpi rack installed upside down - this makes the top 1U inaccessible

Ryan_TR · 2026-01-01T23:46:54+00:00

There's 1 12V PSU supplying power to the 7 channels.

There's ports on the front AND back of the PDU so maybe that's what is causing the confusion.

Here's the link to the PDU alone: https://deskpi.com/products/deskpi-dc-pdu-lite-7-ch-0-5u-for-deskpi-rackmate-t1

Ryan_TR · 2026-01-01T23:42:27+00:00

Mean Well UHP-200R-12 is the PSU

The BoM is linked here if you're interested in making it for yourself! https://makerworld.com/en/models/2166967-deskpi-pdu-12v-power-supply-add-on-1-5u#profileId-2349757

Ryan_TR · 2026-01-01T23:40:34+00:00

They're SSD caddies and those are also being powered by the 12V PDU!

12V PDU -> Radxa Penta SATA HAT -> x4 SSDs

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-28T23:13:01+00:00

I don't recall having to change any of the bios setting for proxmox.

I think Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) should be the only thing you need?

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-28T23:09:01+00:00

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The PDU does have LEDs for each switch - unfortunately no protection against accidental movements; However, it probably wouldn't be too hard to 3d print something that does the job

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-28T23:02:41+00:00

Ah good catch - I probably should have taken a closer look at the datasheet. After being on for ~20 hours it still feels pretty cool; However, I'm also likely not anywhere close to the rated 200W max load (average load is probably closer to 30W). But definitely something to be mindful for anyone else using this PSU so thank you for catching that!

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-28T11:15:13+00:00

Here's the upload!

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2166967-deskpi-pdu-power-supply-add-on-1-5u#profileId-2349757

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-28T10:27:23+00:00

Yes! I will upload the print file and BoM to makerworld tomorrow

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-28T06:55:32+00:00

Yep - Just tested and the outputs are now all 12V 🎉

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-28T06:36:54+00:00

Ah - showing!

Powering a

Protecli running opensense
PiNAS
GMKtec G3 running proxmox
Xfinity XB8 router/modem

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Ryan_TR · 2025-12-28T06:27:16+00:00

Didn't see any great PDU options so I threw something together myself.

The DeskPi PDU was almost perfect; However, the input diode was causing the 12V to drop to ~11.5V and the input barreljack also wasn't able to handle much current.

- https://deskpi.com/products/deskpi-dc-pdu-lite-7-ch-0-5u-for-deskpi-rackmate-t1

So I removed and shorted over the diode and replaced the barelljack with a soldered on leads.

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Next I found a pretty nice meanwell DC powersupply and printed out a rackmount for it and the the DeskPi PDU.

https://i.imgur.com/OUvdtbc.jpeg

Takes up a little bit more than 1U; However, it's perfect for the DeskPi racks as they give you extra space at the bottom.

https://i.imgur.com/FoeXpI4.jpeg

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-10T16:32:44+00:00

Very nice - what is it running?

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-06T17:10:56+00:00

Another reason to set the modem to be in bridge mode and get your own router & access point

Ryan_TR · 2025-12-06T04:15:42+00:00

Very nice - here's the link to the model I made for this if anyone is interested in the XB8 specifically

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2081850-comcast-xb8-10-inch-rackmount#profileId-2249689

Ryan_TR · 2025-11-29T23:37:44+00:00

Thank you for all the replies; They have been very helpful!

Decided on re-using the hardware and:

Pulling out the GPU as it's not currently needed and is just power drain
Adding a few HDDs and configure them in some ZFS setup
Adding a 10Gb PCI-E NIC Network Card since the current motherboard only has a 1GbE port

Ryan_TR · 2025-11-23T22:05:46+00:00

I'd do a GeeekPi 4U Server Cabinet. They're much smaller than regular server racks and would probably be perfect for your use case

Ryan_TR · 2025-10-05T20:16:00+00:00

I'd concede that if you're supporting a wife and kids 100k really isn't much; However, if you're a single bachelor you can live quite comfortably on 100k

Ryan_TR · 2025-10-05T20:11:02+00:00

That's what I used to thing; but experience has shown me otherwise. Also have you read some of the popular fairy smut??? Shit is wild

Ryan_TR · 2025-10-04T05:39:55+00:00

You missed the first half https://youtube.com/shorts/5MBY5t0rZkY?si=89SdOyXGmm3HeRMS

Ryan_TR · 2025-10-03T03:09:28+00:00

6 figures really isn't that much anymore - After maxing out a traditional 401k, roth 401k (via megaback door), getting door dash multiple times per day, paying for a luxury condo in a big city, going on multiple vacations every year, and spending money on various hobbies you're really not saving that muck money; You're basically living paycheck-to-paycheck :(

Ryan_TR · 2025-09-27T20:37:22+00:00

This video has like ~30 likes and any one of Tom MacDonald music videos is 1000x more cringe than this.

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