geerlingguy / geerlingguy/mini-rack
Mini Rack: with Xeon ITX NAS
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Description
Thank you Jeff for putting together this community! I feel like I've found my people.
My aims with this rack were to cover the needs of my small apartment and provide a small test bed for learning:
- Wired connections for access point, PC, printer, TV
- Pi 3b running Pi Hole
- Pi 4b running Home Assistant
- ITX NAS with 6x SSDs (resulting in 3TB pool)
But most importantly it had to be **wife approved**. This meant blacking out all LEDs keeping the footprint as small as possible, and making the front look as clean as possible.
### The Rack

_I went a little crazy with patch cables, because I feel that it's part of the server rack experience_

_I use a Tapo P304M power strip which is Matter enabled and has energy monitoring. All power bricks are hidden away in the basement_
### Software Dashboards

_Unraid server (all SATA SSD in ZFS array)_

_Home Assistant dashboard fed by Tapo energy monitoring and Pi Hole integration_
### Planning Process

_I had a lot of fun using draw.io to plan out my rack. For the first week I just got my basic parts in as seen on the right. Then I used that as a transparent background on the rack diagram to make sure I had the dimensions correct. I think we could actually make a shape library for this community to use, with standardized sizes for common equipment._
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- raspberry-pi
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