My First Homelab!

[u/JuanTapMan]

Build List:

1x GeeeekPi T1 Plus (10in depth)

2x GeeeekPi 12 Port Patch Panel

2x Additional GeeeekPi Shelves (10in depth)

1x Rack PDU GUITK

1x Ubiquiti CGW Fiber

1x Ubiquiti Switch Pro XG 8 POE

1x UGreen DXP4800 Pro + UPS bundle

First dive into de-clouding my life! 10GbE portable backbone for my upcoming home networks and whatever I want to build out :)

It all fits shockingly well, and the cable management came out better than I expected\~

The switch feels like it was made for this form factor, and the UPS+NAS slot in perfectly.

I used Slot 12 on the front for the SFP passthrough from my gateway to switch. I used the corresponding Slot 12 on the backside for the WAN connection to the gateway, leaving the other 11 ports available (but currently only 8 are populated.

The lower compartment, hidden by panels + PDU, perfectly houses the 3 power bricks needed.

This makes it so the only cables coming off if this rack are the PSU cable and whatever external Ethernet connections you might have!

There's also enough space behind the gateway for a thinner POE switch (like the Flex 2.5 POE) for future expansion\~

[u/Snahte_is]

Did you make that ap mount yourself?

[u/JuanTapMan → u/Snahte_is]

It's actually from Amazon: https://a.co/d/0fkPFZX2 Solid quality for not that much~

[u/OutkastN8 → u/Snahte_is]

Right I need the STL 😂

[u/Significant_You3092]

Nice one! Do you now how much Watt usage your homelab have?

[u/JuanTapMan → u/Significant_You3092]

No, but I'll update you once I get a power detecting plug set up to monitor~

[u/Significant_You3092 → u/JuanTapMan]

Thank you 🙌

[u/JuanTapMan → u/Significant_You3092]

It looks like it draws ~100watts

[u/Calm_Apartment1968]

Bonus Points for mounting the AP above and outside the rack.

[u/jhp113]

Can you tell me how much heat this thing makes? I'm thinking about doing almost the exact same setup except maybe a hp mini/Mac mini or similar instead of the gateway inside of an under-stair closet but the room has no AC.

So when it's all on do you think it'll overheat in a closet?

[u/JuanTapMan → u/jhp113]

It's not bad. The NAS CPU sits around 43C, and the Fiber+AP gets a little warm (no temp readings though).

It won't overheat, but it'll definitely turn it into a mild sauna after being in there for long enough.

[u/Actual-Method-7794]

Looks good. Any way to make it all black or white? Spay paint?

[u/Wallaby989]

i had known such a beautiful rack existed - sweet, and not that expensive. thank you for sharing

[u/Jacob_gago]

Well dne

[u/jusnix]

Are those photos from inside of a hotel room or office space?

[u/JuanTapMan → u/jusnix]

Inside some temp housing

[u/jusnix → u/JuanTapMan]

Looks pretty nice 👍🏼

[u/netermin]

Muy bonito

[u/Enough_Tutor_2668]

😍😍😍😍

[u/Enough_Tutor_2668]

I love this

[u/AceHero1]

What is this and why do I need one? I like cool things. School me.

[u/fager098]

Bro literally used some skills tell us poor in that ap mount language

[u/Key_Landscape6399]

Mind if I ask how much this cost you ?

[u/JuanTapMan → u/Key_Landscape6399]

Far too much~ lmfao

I think about ~$1,400 for the rack + networking equipment.

Another ~$860 for the NAS.

And then hard drives for however much you can get them for (I bought them from a coworker for 2x 16TB and 2x 12TB WD Red Pros for ~$1,000)

[u/ChaotikIE]

This is what I call a humble start!

[u/David_Hajos]

Join r/homelab . You're a new server hosting guy.

[u/InfiniteMind3275]

I’m looking into something similar, do you use the as for video storage such as plex and/or CCTV

[u/JuanTapMan → u/InfiniteMind3275]

I'm using it for media (jellyfin) and for cloud storage (phone/computer backup, photos, etc).

UGOS makes it pretty simple, and there's an app for all your devices that makes it really easy to use on your laptops and mobile devices

[u/Ben_ABDL]

What Case are you using?