I have been wanting to build out a 10″ rack for my little homelab. Better to situate the networking and homelab gear I have. And also do some upgrades to some networking equipment. It doesn’t house my two Synology 7 bay units, but it houses all of my other equipment.
Inspiration goes to this reddit post: https://old.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/1j25l1t/my_camper_rack/
FRONT VIEW
On the top are two Nuc 13th generation i7’s, 64GB of ram and 4TB NVME drives. They sit on top of a Geekpi 10inch rack tray.
Below that is the GeeekPI throughpass/cable manager .5U
Then the GeeekPI .5U keystone patch panel
And then I have the Unifi Fiber Gateway
And then the USW-Flex-2-5g-8-POE switch to POE power everything. I bumped that up to the 210W PSU so it has ample power for my 3 AP’s and protect cameras.
Below that is the USW-Flex-XG for the 4 10GBe ports. I really hope Ubuiqiti comes out with something denser. But that handles my 10GB needs for now.
My favorite part is the side. I was able to get a power strip to fit perfectly. Which made for very easy power cable management.
RIGHT SIDE VIEW
REAR VIEW
That power strip is a: HHSOET 16 in 1 Recessed Power Strip that you can find on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXGXFYV2
The 4 metal posts are Gator Rackworks. You’ll want a total of 4. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072B9H3FC
And then you will want to get some screws M5-0.8 x 10mm. The Gator Rackworks rails are threaded, so no need for nuts, unless you want extra security. If you do, get M5-0.8 Thread Size, 8 mm Width.
And then I used multiple 3D printers to get the sides, unifi gear, etc, links below:
UCG FIBER:
https://www.printables.com/model/1220530-ucg-fiber-rack-mount-bracket-1u-10-inch
USW-FLEX-2.5GB 8 PORT POE
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1024496-usw-flex-2-5g-8-poe-10-inch-rack-mount#profileId-1006423
USW-Flex-XG switch:
https://www.printables.com/model/1089225-unifi-usw-flex-xg-10-inch-rack-mount
SIDES:
https://www.printables.com/model/275203-10in-home-server-project/files
I plan to upgrade to these sides though, they will likely hold better:
https://www.printables.com/model/1279862-remix-diy-10-inch-rack-for-gator-rackworks-rails/files
giving myself a comment, yay.