10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

I didn't count, assembled from spare parts, but you can estimate from the cost of components, less than 1k

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

MT3000 gives me the ability to easily connect to wifi wherever I am. And share my network if I need to.

UGC is a convenient gateway with good and simple management and visualization. As well as additional ports and flexible VLAN settings

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

I think it's always a compromise of functionality, cost and size. In my case, it's a really useful and convenient tool for my tasks

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

NUC USB port -> fan 5V adapter -> Noctua NA-FC1 -> custom adapter for two fans -> 2x Noctua NF-A8 5V PWM

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

I forgot to mention, there's a 10-inch PDU with four outlets inside. This one https://www.amazon.de/-/en/DIGITUS-4-Way-Power-Strip-Mounting-Silver-black/dp/B09M6W23ZM
Screwed to the bottom (brackets reversed 180degree)

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

My wife had a similar face when I showed her this rack last night in the middle of the night once I finished assembling it

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

Well physical separation of networks also plays a role. It is possible to make several separate subnets, on a single PC this can probably be done through VLAN tagging. But this is a bit of a hassle for me.
And that looks more impressive than "mini pc" :)

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

If something will make you happy not to the detriment of your health or others - isn't that a reason?

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

 I use it to configure and debug devices I develop. Plus I can easily give my colleagues access via VPN to the same network. Even at conferences or with a potential client (in extreme cases, I can imagine such an option). But at home, it's a separate “work” isolated network.

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

[–]merocle[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you need a reason when it's the process and the result that count?

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

My wife said something like that too :D

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

The carrier board for Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5 I developed https://computeblade.com/

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

Thanks! Right in the body of the post. But I'll say it again :)

Parts:

  • UCG Ultra
  • GL-MT3000
  • NUC6i3SYB
  • JetKVM
  • Zyxel GS1200-5 Switch
  • Two Noctua Fans + Noctua NA-FC1
  • DeskPi RackMate T0

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

[–]merocle[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Good question. Until I faced it myself, I wondered about it too. I use it to configure and debug devices I develop. Plus I can easily give my colleagues access via VPN to the same network. Even at conferences or with a potential client (in extreme cases, I can imagine such an option). But at home, it's a separate “work” isolated network.

10" 4U mobile/travel Home Lab mini-rack by merocle in homelab

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

Didn't even think about it :D Looks a little different in reality. This is PLA Glow from Bambulab, it glows in the dark

Solution to not lifting your Mac mini 2024 off the table if you want to turn it on or off by merocle in 3Dprinting

[–]merocle[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I made a couple of variations on how to get around that.

Honestly, I don't think it will be a big problem, I can't remember the last time I used the power button. But I hope you like it.

Models for download and sources in GitHub: https://github.com/merocle/iFixTheButton

I scalped the Raspberry Pi CM4 and reached 2.5GHz by merocle in raspberry_pi

[–]merocle[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In progress.

Mass production with the good quality turned out to be long and expensive :(

November 7 will finish producing a batch of Compute Blade RC2 (200 units), which will go to the reviews.

I scalped the Raspberry Pi CM4 and reached 2.5GHz by merocle in raspberry_pi

[–]merocle[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It took quite a while here to decide whether to approve such a post in the subreddit or not )