DeskPi RackMate T0 to Organize my Mess

### Phase 0
#### 2025-01-24
So this is what my compute pile had become:


I know, not pretty.

Then I saw the @geerlingguy video about mini-rack systems and knew what I had to do. I documented all the devices and their dimensions, what the power and network requirements were for each. Then I did a layout in a graphics program and figured out how to fit everything in. Everything was ordered and eventually arrived. Time to take the plunge.

### Phase 1
#### 2025-02-05
What an improvement!


From the top to the bottom:
- eero mesh node on top.
- Rackmate T0
- A Zyxel GS1100-16 (replacing a TrendNet TEG-S80g, giving me more ports for expansion) mounted with some [3D printed rack ears from Thingiverse.](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292857) (The mount points aren't quite aligned, so one of the screw isn't in yet.)
- GeeekPi 0.5U Brush Cable Manager (This is a little too narrow to pass the cables with a tab cover.)
- Additional RackMate 1U shelf containing:
- Two Raspberry Pi 4Bs w/8G running 64-bit Debian
- Raspberry Pi B w/512M running 32-bit Raspberry Pi OS
- JetKVM attached to the Mac mini
- (In the back) [Anker Prime Charger, 200W](https://www.anker.com/products/a2683-anker-prime-charger-200w-6-ports-gan) acting as a PDU for everything powered via USB.
- Mac mini (late 2014) running Ubuntu 24.04.1

### Phase 1.1
#### 2025-02-09
The ethernet connections have been re-cabled!


The Brush Cable Manager has been replaced by the GeekPi 0.5U 12-port Patch Panel which is cabled up with the Monoprice SlimRun Cat6A 0.5-foot and 1-foot Ethernet Patch Cables recommended by Jeff. Thanx for the tip!

### Phase 1.2
#### 2025-02-23
Switched the Mac mini from a shelf to a 3D-printed Server Rack Mount


I got @vrsn3ptoh's [Parametric 10 Inch Server Rack Mount](https://www.printables.com/model/1188439-parametric-10-inch-server-rack-mount) printed via CraftCloud using the dimensions of the Mac mini. It's not *that* much of a difference from having it on a shelf, but it let me play around with 3-D printing.

### Future?
- I'd definitely like to rackify it more; looking at the @JaredC01 LabStack for ideas.
- ~~The Brush Cable Manager needs to be replaced by the DeskPi patch panel.~~ Completed 2/9/25

~~Does anyone have a suggestion for thinner 1-foot ethernet cables? These ones pull the Pis out of place.~~ Used the Monoprice SlimRun patch cables recommended by Jeff in the comments below.

The issue documents a DeskPi RackMate T0 homelab build with Raspberry Pis, Debian, and Ubuntu, but it does not name a repository file, test, entry point, or requested change. There is no defined completion condition for a newcomer to implement.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.