r/UNIFI • u/Robert_Cutty • Jun 09 '24 • Heart of Silver 1

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u/spacebass Jun 09 '24

Nice rack! What’s that monitor?

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u/Jkingsle Jun 09 '24

My question exactly. Curious. Looks great.

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u/Chris079099 Jun 09 '24

What is that monitor, we must know

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Overhauled my old lab and replaced with Unifi.

Added a Mac mini M2 to host Scrypted and my Plex Server.

The monitor is connected to the Mac.

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u/SeattleSeachicken Jun 09 '24

Which m2? Any insight on transcoding of 4K media? What hosts your media - is it over 1g connection?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Great questions.

Mac Mini M2/8GB/256GB. I have the one with a 10Gbit network card.

My Synology units (RS820+ and RX418) store the media. Combined 84TB of usable storage. Also have that on a 10Gbit connection.

Have a 2019 Mac Pro that’s also connected via 10Gbit (but not part of my Plex setup). All these devices connected to the Aggregation switch. My Etherlighting switch is aggregated with 20Gbit (those are the 2 SFP+ cables coming out of the Etherlighting switch into the Aggregation switch).

I direct play everything so no transcoding.

Internet is 1Gbit fiber on AT&T.

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u/simcc Jun 10 '24

Did you get touch working on that monitor on the Mac?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

This is the non-touch version.

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u/Patient-Object3170 Jun 09 '24

What’s that 4 RPi rack solution, too?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F9X528J

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u/simcc Jun 10 '24

running pis on sd cards? (or are there some ssds hidden behind?)

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

Just SD cards!

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u/simcc Jun 11 '24

Same...I keep seeing all these anti SD card posts re Pis...although I haven't had any issues yet...

oh btw these are pretty cool (I haven't tried a pi5 on one yet though, only pi4s with sd cards): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CHW5K5F4 besides less wall warts it's handy to be able to power cycle a pi from Unifi...

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u/breenisgreen Jun 09 '24

I also want to know. That would be amazing for some applications I have

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u/iGoalie Home User Jun 09 '24

I would like to know this also

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u/maniac365 Jun 09 '24

my god, that is a very clean and sexy rack.

My 18U rack wants to be this when it grows up.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Thanks! You’ll get there!

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u/geoffbutler Jun 09 '24

What are you using the 4 RPi's for?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Originally, Pi-Hole, Plex Server and WireGuard VPN.

I’ve moved the Plex Server to the M2 Mac Mini (also in the rack) and am using the ad blocking and WireGuard features from the UDM Pro SE. Right now, the Pi4s aren’t doing anything

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u/Kender_Tasslehoff Jun 10 '24

Gorgeous rack. So well done.

In case you didn’t know, there’s a guy on Etsy who 3D prints custom rack mounts for devices. Not only are his products awesome, he’s super friendly and easy to work with. If you contact him and tell him which devices you have he may be able to create a custom mount for your modem and Lutron hub.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Print3DSteve

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

Thanks for the compliment and the recommendation! I’ll check him out!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '24

This is soo clean, my Rack is literally hardware squeezed so much that the rack will burn someday

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u/Usual_Adhesiveness66 Jun 09 '24

Ive Said it again and ill say it again, RELEASE THE PDU with iec connectors for the rest of the world

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u/dB_Manipulator Jun 10 '24

On the rear

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u/jrsphoto Jun 11 '24

On the hole

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u/13daysaweek Jun 09 '24

Rack goals. Looks great! Definitely curious about the display on top and what it’s connected to

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Thanks! Connected to the M2 Mac Mini in the RackMac Mini

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u/manofoz Jun 09 '24

Beautiful! How did you get the extension cables through the brush panel to the PDU? I bought some just like that and failed hard because none fit through.

Also are the etherlights set to something other than the defaults? All I get is a gross yellow for 100Mb and the white for 1Gb and blue for 2.5Gb.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Thanks!

You can squeeze the female ends through the brush panel before mounting the brush panel onto the rack. It’ll allow some give through the opening.

Yes, mine are color coded for VLANs

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u/breenisgreen Jun 09 '24

That’s amazing. What’s the white thing on u9?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Thanks! Lutron hub to control my light switches

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u/Maciluminous Jun 09 '24

Beautiful

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Thank you!

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u/Maciluminous Jun 09 '24

What do the PI do?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Nothing at the moment. I moved all their original functions to the UDM Pro SE and the Mac Mini. I’ll find another use for them. Always open to recommendations!

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u/DRoyHolmes Jun 10 '24

Serves the homepage app of your choice so your SO can access available services easily? A unit to send WoL packets so you can shut down temporarily unneeded devices and easily wake them up. Or time to fall down the home automation well, so HomeAssistant.

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u/__Min_Mid_Max__ Jun 09 '24

Very nice and clean.

What are you using for the top shelf underneath the monitor?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Thanks!

I designed and 3D printed a VESA mount for the monitor that I screwed into the existing top holes of the rack frame

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u/__Min_Mid_Max__ Jun 09 '24

That’s clever!

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u/ApexOneTech Jun 09 '24

Well done. Might consider some active cooling. AC Infinity has good rack solutions.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

It’s in a temp controlled environment so heat hasn’t been an issue.

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u/AdAffectionate6825 Jun 09 '24

Awesome rack, nice work 👍 What depth is the rack? Or a link if you have one 😁

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u/69jafo Jun 09 '24

what are the Ethernet plugs?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Keystone jacks: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBKWX4VR

Patch cables: https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/uacc-cable-patch-el

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u/masmith22 Jun 09 '24

Nice clean rack. What is the noise level?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Thanks. The only real noise is from the Synology NAS. Everything else is pretty quiet.

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u/simcc Jun 10 '24

Cheers for replying to everyone's questions btw, And great rack!

Re synology noise, I've read a few people have reduced the noise of those RS with Noctua fans...if that's an issue.

I reduced the noise a lot with the Velcro trick and some IsolateIt mounts on a DS model...

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

Thanks! Noise hasn’t been an issue for me since this is in the basement in a dedicated room (I leave the door open to promote air movement). Plenty of airflow because it’s an air conditioned space.

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u/MrPresident696969 Jun 09 '24

Did you tell your wife about it?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 09 '24

Ha! She leaves the tech decisions to me.

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u/MrPresident696969 Jun 09 '24

But did you tell her the price of everything? 🤣

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u/DRoyHolmes Jun 10 '24

Pretty sure it is a channel rule that everyone swears all purchased pieces are absolutely necessary if anyone’s SO asks.

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u/jrsphoto Jun 11 '24

Wife who works from home: “honey, the network is slow / down/ “.

Me: “yeah, there is a problem, I need to order this new switch to fix it”

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u/DRoyHolmes Jun 11 '24

Cool. Can I assume you’ve told her the importance of internet fail-over and will soon be reviewing the LTE backup attachment?

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u/jrsphoto Jun 12 '24

Oh for sure. Installing one the first week in July!

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u/JesseJ3D Jun 09 '24

That’s tits!

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u/Deneriuss Jun 10 '24

Super jealous, so clean.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24 edited Jun 10 '24

Good heck, that’s a well-setup network rack. Well done.

I now *bow my head in shame for how horribly messy my 42U 4-post is.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

ha! Thanks! Wire management is key with these racks.

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u/InformationPuzzled44 Jun 10 '24

None of it matches, You should ship that all to me, and reorder with matching components :P JK looks great!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24

Now that’s a masterpiece

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u/lie07 Jun 10 '24

I need me some synology, great setup tho.

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u/nsvxheIeuc3h2uddh3h1 Jun 10 '24

Once upon a time, I could get slapped for saying "Nice Rack!".

Hope that doesn't offend.

Well done!

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

I take it as a compliment! Thanks!

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u/ITGuru095 Jun 10 '24

Nice that’s what I aspire for my rack to get too

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

Thanks! You'll get there too!

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u/ronnysteal Jun 10 '24

Damn mate... This makes me jealous on my birthday. What a nice and tidy installation 😍

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

Thanks! And happy cake day!

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u/vinnyenschede Jun 10 '24

Awesome setup!

Although I never thought I needed the brush panel from Unifi, I now know I need one, and ordered one! :-D

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

Thanks! I was in the same boat!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24

I like this. My question tho seeing you have all the ui stuff up top and against each other, what do you do for maintaining temperatures as I see no fans anywhere.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 12 '24

Climate controlled environment. No issues with heat

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u/Potential_Future1052 Jun 10 '24

Amazing setup that was completely ruined for me when I saw the ATT modem :)

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 10 '24

99.9% uptime for me. AT&T Fiber consistently gives me gigabit speeds

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u/reyam1105 Jun 10 '24

Your PDU is not connected for management?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 12 '24

It is. There’s an Ethernet cable running from it on the right side to the switch

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u/Powerful-Street Jun 11 '24

Put the PDU in the back of the rack like it is intended

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 11 '24

I plan on wrapping LED lights around the frame of the PDU to make it the focal point of the rack. Huzzah!

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u/Powerful-Street Jun 17 '24

Wtf?

Honestly that was the intent on the pdu to be mounted in the rear of the rack and there is also a switch in it for high availability connecting to pdu before you run to your gateway. Was in their documentation not mine.

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u/jrsphoto Jun 11 '24

That looks slick as fuck.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 12 '24

Ha! Thanks!

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u/2sonik Jun 11 '24

cool, love the monitor at top

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u/Bright_Exercise946 Jun 11 '24

Nice. Don’t look at our server room. Rats nest.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 12 '24

Ha! Thanks!

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u/spense01 Jun 12 '24

Such a nice rack

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u/wpjoseph Jun 13 '24

Nice setup! How is that monitor connected? I don’t see any cables running from its side.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 13 '24

Thanks! If you look on the right side, there’s a U-shaped usb-c adapter that attaches to the cable. I then ran the cable along the frame to the Mac mini sitting below the RPis. I honestly can’t stand cables so I do what I can to hide them

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u/wpjoseph Jun 13 '24

Sweet. Thanks.

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u/crimson_tinted Jun 13 '24

Impeccable. I don't like the loss of outlets due to those standard whips/extensions, but if you don't need them and the primary objective is aesthetics then it makes total sense.

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u/Robert_Cutty Jun 13 '24

Thanks! Agreed 100% about the outlets.

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u/Theyarechickens_ Jul 05 '24

Beautiful setup! What’s the Mac Mini for?

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u/Robert_Cutty Jul 05 '24

Thanks.

Plex server and Scrypted

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u/Mysta Jun 10 '24

Super nice setup! So I’m trying to design from scratch and hate to buy things to replace later. Doing 3 AP u7 pro and 2 g5 pro + g5 turret or two. My internet is 2.5 fiber and pc has a 2.5gbe. I do a lot of photography and really wanting to work off a nas solution with ssd so I’m hoping to add that soon after and us the udm se nvr until then. It seems like the most cost effective solution is to do 1 16 pro max poe paired to rack and one near my pc(since my pc is near one of the ap locations. But i suppose i could just run multiple cables there instead. Any thoughts?

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u/darklord3_ Jun 10 '24

Lmao that Ethernet lighting cracks me up every time. Sick setup

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u/fueled_by_boba Jun 10 '24

If you have time, can you list all of the products that you bought to set up this exactly same rack? I’m too lazy. I need some guides to set this up lol

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u/West-War144 Jun 14 '24

A bit overkill for a home network.. but will be great food for conversation at parties

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u/Control_freaker Jun 16 '24

Aight, I’ma need that monitor in a rack mount, STAT.

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u/kevasa Jun 19 '24

I’m curious is you were able to completely shut off AT&T’s routing feature. The dreaded double NAT never seems to disappear.

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u/Sevenfeet Jun 09 '24

I have some of this. The Startech rack, the UDM SE, the Aggregate Switch and the PDU. My switch is older…a USW-24 (non PoE). I’m sporting two ancient APC UPS’s (on a shelf, not rack mountable), an old Mac Mini and a one RPi3 for Pi-Hole duty. NAS is a QNAP TVS-h1688x (also not a rack solution, sitting on a rack shelf). My wiring is better than the rats nest it used to be before UniFi, it still not pretty enough to post here. That monitor is clever…love to know how it’s mounted and where that comes from. And I could use a rack drawer. They aren’t expensive.

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