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Black 2U rackmount server chassis at a three-quarter angle, with three hot-swap drive bays and blue latches at the left of the front panel, a perforated ventilation panel across the center, and rack-mounting ears with handles at each side

The chassis did not fit: finding an ultra-short 2U

I published a parts list three days ago. Then I measured the rack, and two lines of that list turned out to be wrong — the chassis and the cooler.

August 23, 20265 min read

homelab self-hosting hardware

Top-down view of a Raspberry Pi 4 single-board computer, showing the SoC, USB and Ethernet ports and the GPIO header along one edge

Outgrowing my Raspberry Pi: a 3U home server parts list

Immich pegged my Raspberry Pi 4 at 100% for days and Jellyfin gave up on 4K HEVC. Here is the x86 rackmount build I picked to replace it, and why each part.

August 20, 20266 min read

homelab self-hosting hardware docker