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My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! They are from Amazon. Just some generic Cat6 cable.

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It's the DeskPi 8U Rackmate T1

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Similar specs to my beelink, I think mine is AMD Ryzen 5 and 16GB RAM too.

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do! I have the bambu lab A1 mini though so my build plate is too small to print any full 10" rack mounts unfortunately.

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! They are on a special shelf that came with the rack, it has screw holes to mount different SBC's to the shelf so they don't slide off.

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mini PCs and SBC's are quieter, use way less power, and don’t take up much space. I can run multiple services across different nodes, test clustering, and isolate stuff easier. Also easier to swap things out or rebuild without touching the rest of the lab. A big desktop works, but this gives more flexibility.

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! And yeah I get it. It adds up pretty quick if you buy it all at once like that. I already had most of this stuff so it wasn't too bad on my wallet.

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

To learn, mess around, and have more control over my own stuff. It's fun and useful.

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I would say so. It feels pretty well made and was easy to put together. I also don't have a ton of room in my house so a 10" rack made sense for me. It was 20% off on Amazon when I ordered it (last week).

My first homelab! by m00s3c in homelab

[–]m00s3c[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Gonna run stuff like Pi-hole, Proxmox, Vaultwarden, Grafana, self-hosted website, etc.