Jason Weatherly<p>This should be the last minirack post for awhile as it's 99.9% finished. It was a very fun build, and it's a heluva-lot quieter than what it replaced. I did lose network bandwidth, but the new cluster does exactly what it's supposed to. Live migrations are fast enough, iSCSI network means that the VMs are snappy storage-wise. The PiKVM + Switch fits perfectly in the basement.</p><p>The dual fans fixed the issue of the top Minisforum MS-A2 baking from the heat of the RPis, and the QNAP switch is a beast. I definitely recommend building in a minirack as they're adorable and very, very capable.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a></p>
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Jason Weatherly<p>So, the next thing up for the minirack: getting the Proxmox node networking setup. I think this should be perfect for the Minisforums MS-A2 servers that are on the way... <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/qnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qnap</span></a></p>
Jason Weatherly<p>All of the Pis are now in the rack and operational. Looking really good, VPN is even operational. Now the wait starts for the other servers... <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a></p>
MathDaTech :fedora: 🤘<p>Mini Rack v2 loading…<br>By Raid Owl @RaidOwlTweets@twitter.com</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://x.com/RaidOwlTweets/status/1913548957927559665" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/RaidOwlTweets/status/191</span><span class="invisible">3548957927559665</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>server</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/nanokvm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nanokvm</span></a></p>
TechnoTim<p>Confirming that the 10G Cloud Gateway Fiber fits perfectly into a MINI RACK!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a></p>
Andreas Bulling<p>While looking for new hardware for our home server (a 19'' mini rack server is very tempting...), I just came across project <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a></p><p>10" rack server builds using a mix of off-the-shelf commercial and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinted</span></a> mounts, panels, frontplates etc.</p><p>Looks interesting (and the mini racks are also rather cute).<br>Maybe interesting to some of you.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/geerlingguy/mini-rack" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/geerlingguy/mini-ra</span><span class="invisible">ck</span></a><br><a href="https://mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeautomation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smarthome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rackserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rackserver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a></p>
Jeff Geerling<p>Mini Rack Drawer! JaredC01 strikes again, with an elegant and functional design for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a></p>
Suzanne Aldrich (she/her)<p>The most exciting tech blog of January 2025 has got to be <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span>‘s Project MINI RACK. I haven’t seen an article passed around that hot in years. Every cool nerd chat room had it last week. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ProjectMINIRACK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectMINIRACK</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/minilab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minilab</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/project-mini-rack-compact-and-portable-homelabs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/pro</span><span class="invisible">ject-mini-rack-compact-and-portable-homelabs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Jimmy<p>Been reading through <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> github for the mini rack (<a href="https://github.com/geerlingguy/mini-rack/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/geerlingguy/mini-ra</span><span class="invisible">ck/</span></a>). </p><p>One of the discussions includes some chat about cutting down 42U 19" rails to make multiple 10" mini racks.</p><p>But now all I can think of is making a 42U 10" BIG "Mini" Rack.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a></p>
DansLeRuSH ᴱᶰ<p>I must admit that I love the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/MiniRack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiniRack</span></a> project of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> : (more) affordable and (especially) portable <a href="https://floss.social/tags/rack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rack</span></a> builds for <a href="https://floss.social/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a>, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> and whatever you think of … in 10 inches wide 🤓</p><p>The links below give an example of a minirack designed for low power consumption and powered by solar panels.</p><p>In short, a whole host of possibilities ! 🖖😜</p><p>› <a href="https://youtu.be/y1GCIwLm3is" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/y1GCIwLm3is</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> [ presentation ]<br>› <a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/project-mini-rack-compact-and-portable-homelabs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/pro</span><span class="invisible">ject-mini-rack-compact-and-portable-homelabs</span></a> [ blog ]<br>› <a href="https://mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> [ resources ]</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hacking</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a></p>
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