This is my first ever server rack build and it’s for my future house. We plan on building our own house and I planed this rack and wall mounted display around that future house.

(Everything is just plugged In for visuals right now)

-=SERVER RACK COMPONENTS=-
•TecMojo 10” 12U Mini Server Rack (White)
•GeeekPI 2U Display
•3 x 10” 12 Port Patch Panels
•2 x TP-Link 8 Port 1GB Ethernet Switch
•TP-Link LS108GP 8 Port POE Ethernet Switch
•Acrylic A30+ AMP (For 6 x 8” 8 OHM Ceiling Speakers)
•3D Printed 2U ITX PC Tray
Ryzen 5 3400G
Ryzen Wraith CPU Cooler
MSI B450I Max ITX Motherboard
32GB DDR4 Ram
512GB M.2 SSD
ESGAMING 500W Flex ATX PSU
•2 x 3.5” Hard Drive Storage Bays (4 x 4TB HDD NAS Storage Running RAID 5)
•APC UPS 450VA 255W
•Rear Mounted 2 x 80mm Fan Mount (Cool HDD’s)

-=SERVER RACK PC PROGRAMS=-
•Debian Linux (XFCE)
•CasaOS
•Chromium (Kiosk Mode)
•Home Page
•Home Assistant
•Immach
•Frigate
•Tailscale
•AdGuard Home
•Crafty Controller

-=WALL TOUCH DISPLAY COMPONENTS=-
•Rasperry PI 5 8GB
•Raspberry PI 7” Display 2
•MazerPI M.2 & POE Hat
•128GB M.2 SSD
•3D Printed Wall Mount For Display & PI 5

-=WALL TOUCH DISPLAY PROGRAMS=-
•Raspberry PI OS
•TouchKio Package
•Chromium (Kiosk Mode)
•Home Assistant Dashboard
•Display Icons (Thermostat, Spotify, Cameras, etc.)

-=OTHER COMPONENTS=-
•4 x REOLINK POE Security Cameras
•REOLINK POE Video Doorbell
•6 x 8 Inch 8 OHM Speakers (Kitchen, Living Room, & Outdoor Kitchen Ceiling Speakers)
•TP-Link BE6500 WiFi 7 Router
•TP-Link Omada WiFi 7 Access Point
(One On Living Room Ceiling)

All old stuff united with a new rack

Brand new, seal was broken, but everything inside is in original packaging and brand new.

I've been developing my compact IP KVM, the USBridge-KVM 2.0, for almost a year. Here's how the device has evolved, from the first prototype to the final device. Initially, I wanted to create a simple remote flash drive with RAM cache, but the project has grown beyond a typical KVM. I developed a unique BIOS-in-Terminal feature that converts BIOS video to text in real time, which is handy when the internet connection is poor or for automating processes.

I implemented the Moonlight gaming protocol, achieving a minimum of around 22 ms, and now when working via KVM, it feels like I'm sitting at the same computer. The entire emulation is ready, as is the power-on/server-reboot control. The board architecture and firmware code are debugged, I'm finishing final testing and preparing for production at the factory.

Hi all!

So I have this NAS I got from a secondary market running just fine, but TOS 4 feels outdated and not reliable security-wise, I don't really trust TOS7 given all the AI slop introduced to it, and since apparently it runs an ARM processor, my options are quite limited, openmediavault has no arm images so my main attempt would be to go for truenas-on-arm: https://forums.truenas.com/t/truenas-on-arm-now-available/49160

I wonder if anyone from here can help me out improving the usability and performance of this device, I have yet to open it up to check whether it has an available RAM slots or not, but in any case my usecase is fairly simple, I just want my two disks to work as a locally attached storage using a RAID1 or similar implementation, so then I can access my files locally and perform backups via duplicati (hosted on a separate server).

Any advice or idea is welcomed!! I'm already checking into youtube tutorials but all models being modified seem to be more capable than mine, so I'm kind of clueless.

For reference, I found this article that might be worth checking for anyone on a similar situation and more options than myself: https://www.reddit.com/r/TerraMaster/comments/s5jkgj/how_to_change_your_terramaster_software_for/

A few weeks ago I had discovered about setting up a mini homelab to run services, vpns and ad blockers and I was instantly hooked! last week I purchased an i7 elitedesk 800 G2 Mini, an i7 optiplex 7080 micro, a tp-link es210x-m2 switch and a tecmojo 6U rack to house everything.

Currently I am using the Dell Optiplex 7080 Micro to learn how to use windows server and how things work, and my EliteDesk will likely start running proxmox but for now I have windows 11 installed and connected to my server with Active Directory.

I chose to set up windows server to learn how it works and how its services work like Active Directory , Web Services, Hyper-V server and many other enterprise stuff to play around with. I do plan on expanding this set up with another mini PC for PfSense or media hosting.

Let me know what you guys think!

Built this to clean up my TV area.

It houses my Apple TV, AirPort Express and Philips Hue Bridge.

My goal was to wire it up as neat as possible. In all honesty, the wiring in a lot of posts in this sub is often a mess so I wanted to see how much better I could do.

Decided that a 12u took up too much space and decided on 2 6u wall mounted units.

Best way to cable manage this?

I had a Blackview MP-80 Mini-PC that I removed from its enclosure, it was kind of just chilling on my rack and I wanted a way to mount it properly.

I bought my 3D printer basically just to design and print things for my rack, I first made the light blue part to test it out and see if everything alignes, once I confirmed that I took a 10" rack and modified it by chopping a bit off and adding the MP-80 Mount.

I'm quite happy how it's turned out, thought I'd share.

What kind of rack should I get

Hey r/homelab,

My budget-friendly ZimaOS node has been running smoothly for over a month now!

Everything in this setup, including the access point and an old HDD pulled from a 2013 PC! was completely salvaged from my basement. It’s amazing what you can build for 0 dollars using spare parts.

Hardware & Core Specs:

• Laptop: hp elitebook 840 g3
• CPU: Intel Core i5 Processor 
• RAM: 16 GB 
• Storage: 500 GB SSD (plus the old 2013 HDD for extra storage) 
• OS: ZimaOS 
• Power Draw: mostly at 2.0W (ZimaOS) / 5.6W (btop tool)

 

Current Application Stack: 

• Pi-hole + Unbound: Combined in one container for secure local DNS. 
• Jenkins: Auto-deploys to ZimaOS on GitHub repository pushes. 
• Nginx Proxy Manager + DuckDNS: Remote access for some services. 
• Uptime Kuma: Uptime and container health monitoring. 
• Immich: photo management and backups.
• Stremio & Jellyfin: Media streaming and entertainment. 
• Omarchy Linux on ZVM: Running inside ZimaOS Virtual Machines just for fun.

 

For those running ZimaOS long-term on salvaged hardware, what are your favorite must-have apps or storage expansion tips? 

I already had this old tower running as my primary Proxmox node, but the rack was a separate thing next to it. So I printed a mount that slots into the 5.25" bay of the case itself, which keeps everything in one box. It's my secondary 1G rack, with a patch panel and a 5-port switch on the front so the WAN from the router and the access point land cleanly instead of hanging behind the desk.

What's running:

• router/WAN into the switch
• access point
• NAS on TrueNAS — A8-6600K, 8GB DDR3
• primary Proxmox (this box) — i5-6400, 8GB DDR4
• secondary Proxmox — 1700X, 8GB DDR4

Airflow goes through the vented side panel, so the switch doesn't cook in there. And the part I'm happy about: the Proxmox node plus router and switch pull under 40W together, measured at the wall.

First post here!

I have got this 500GB WD green laying around home in this 3.5" enclosure and an orangePi getting the dust in a closer (i thought it was dead but good to know it didn't fail on me at least).

The results is a beautiful but essential low cost NAS. Orange Pi Zero2 with quad core cortex A15 @ 1.5ghz, 1GB DDR3 and 32GB SD card using zram and Log2Ram for preserving ram usage and sd card RW.

Pity that i have a USB2 port for the enclosure that is designed for the 3.0, but well better than nothing.

I tried with OMV for now and Debian 12 Bookworm and so far it works very well. Transfers are around 40mb/s over LAN but still, very happy as a first result. I will use it!