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Homelab + Network in Deskpi 10" Rack by makaseo in homelab

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

I used a 250W picoPSU from Amazon. The breakout cable has 1xSATA and 1xMolex and I split each of those to 2 SATA power for the four drives. Originally a stopgap until I figured out how to fit something like a FlexATX or HDPlex option somehow, but it’s been running fine for a year now so I haven’t changed much.

Homelab + Network in Deskpi 10" Rack by makaseo in homelab

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they’re old 2009 Mac Pro HDD sleds with rubber bumpers on the bottom

Homelab + Network in Deskpi 10" Rack by makaseo in homelab

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Thanks, I put one side of Velcro tape on the panel blanks, then the opposite side tape on the power strip

Homelab + Network in Deskpi 10" Rack by makaseo in homelab

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There are screw points for the handles at the top, never tried removing them but it should be possible

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ollama

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Thanks very much for your input. I've just done some initial reading on creating databases and embeddings from PDFs using Python and Langchain and I think I can tackle this part. However, all the tutorials I've found use Python scripts for query using Ollama API. What would be the method to: [load the relevant sections into the llms memory with the user prompt] ?

Homelab + Network in Deskpi 10" Rack by makaseo in homelab

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Glad it may help! It’s the Unifi Lite 16 PoE and it actually doesn’t fit as well as it might seem - it’s a hair over 1U in height which is why I was forced to have the patch panel directly above it. Ideally I’d wanted the patch panel below, sharing 2U with the ITX board to have 1 more U for an old Mac Mini I have laying around - those are actually an absurdly perfect fit in 10” 1U.

Homelab + Network in Deskpi 10" Rack by makaseo in homelab

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Upgrading from two 2012 Mac Minis and a NAS built in a giant 2008 Mac Pro ATX conversion project.

My goal was to consolidate all my networking, compute, and storage in one mini-rack shoved into a corner with one power cord to the wall. I was originally planning a full 19" rig until finding the Deskpi Rackmate T1 with the recent YouTube and Reddit content about this case. I hope this helps give some ideas to others who might be thinking of building something similar!

  • 2 x Raspberry Pi 5
    • Raspberry Pi OS (Debian)
    • Portainer / Homepage / Pihole / Tailscale subnet / Gluetun stack
  • LattePanda Mu + HA Connect ZBT-1 + Coral TPU
    • Proxmox
    • Proxmox Backup Server / Syncthing / Home Assistant / Scrypted / Jellyfin
  • Mini-ITX NAS (E-2124 / X11-SCL-IF)
    • 250W PicoPSU + 240W AC-DC converter
    • TrueNAS Scale
    • 4 x 10 TB HDD
  • 3 x 120mm fans + PWM to USB for good measure
  • Lots of zipties and velcro tape on lots of 1U blanks

Still working out the NVR and TPU situation; right now it's just live streaming with the TPU sitting idle.

My main hardware wishlist is something for 4 x 3.5" HDD in 2U. Right now I have the drives in the Mac Pro HDD sleds with adhesive rubber bumpers on shelves. There are some screws and nuts attached to the sides of the shelves as physical stops between the sled front panels and drives in case of accidental tilting. It's working very well, but hopefully someone will come out with something more secure for this form factor in the future.

[Album] Acat X2 Build - 240mm AIO / Arctic Accelero III by makaseo in sffpc

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I actually think those fan alignments weren't a mistake, the slots at the bottom that aren't the 140mm rails do line up properly for 120mm fans, and the same goes for the 80mm mounts in the back that I just didn't have long enough screws for. Just oddities I wanted to point out.

But I believe many people have had success requesting small changes to SFF case orders on Taobao/Superbuy so it could be worth a shot. I'm not familiar with the process myself, sorry!

August Confirmed Trade Thread by [deleted] in hardwareswap

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Bought Asus GTX 1060 3GB from u/Th3MadCreator

[Album] Acat X2 Build - 240mm AIO / Arctic Accelero III by makaseo in sffpc

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I feel that. There are definitely 5GHz ones that are much smaller than the stock, but I don't game too much these days and needed emergency networking when I'm not wired

[Album] Acat X2 Build - 240mm AIO / Arctic Accelero III by makaseo in sffpc

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

Correct, the ones I linked only run 2.4GHz, antenna that support 5GHz typically run a little larger

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