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SUMMARY:Cloud Cube at The Fifth Elephant 2025
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DESCRIPTION:Build your own homelab server rack at The Fifth Elephant 2025.
  10” racks are prohibitively expensive\, so we’ve made our own using c
 ommonly available parts for a fraction of the price. This is an open sourc
 e project. You can source the parts yourself and build one at home\, but w
 e’ve obtained parts for 10 racks (with better bulk pricing!) to build at
  [The Fifth Elephant 2025 community table](https://hasgeek.com/fifthelepha
 nt/2025). Hangout to build and discuss what you can do with one.\n\nThis D
 IY rack took a few months of iterations to find the ideal configuration. I
 t is 256mm³\, fits 10” rack equipment in any orientation\, and is about
  5U tall. (One “unit” in a server rack is 1.75” or 44.45mm.) **These
  are not toy racks.** The Fifth Elephant itself will be powered by these r
 acks\, one in each hall to stream and record video. This edition features 
 single-node racks\, but the plan is to make them a full compute cluster in
  a rack – a Cloud Cube.\n\nWe'll have a showcase of the past iterations 
 and some ideas for what you can do with yours. Start small by making a hom
 e for your WiFi AP and its mess of cables. Expand by adding a media centre
 . Geek out with home automation. The rack can fit up to a Mini ITX mainboa
 rd\, but you can do a lot more with smaller computers and a lower power bu
 dget.\n\n## Start here\n[This is where it began](https://jackerhack.ing/no
 tes/202503120801-2020-rack)\, with the frustration of no rack available fo
 r purchase. [GitHub repo here](https://github.com/jace/minirack). This isn
 't polished – it’s DIY!\n\n## Do more\n### Power it up\nWe've even des
 igned our own power strip because nobody sells one commercially. Ours has 
 four outlets\, includes a replaceable fuse and cable\, and yet is smaller 
 than any powerstrip you can buy commercially (with Indian power sockets). 
 We've made a bunch for use in the Rootconf video cubes\, but we will not b
 e making more at the Rootconf community table because the small size has a
  cost: assembly takes two hours. Instead\, we'll collaborate on designing 
 a better one for faster assembly. Since most small equipment is powered by
  12V or 5V\, we can also save on the bulk of multiple chargers by using an
  industrial PSU and adding multiple outlets. Look inside the video cube in
  any of the Rootconf halls for how we've done it.\n\n### 3D print your own
  mounts\nYour equipment is not likely to be designed for rack mounting\, i
 t's just small enough to fit. The worldwide 3D printing community has you 
 covered. You'll find a rackmount adapter for just about anything online\, 
 and if it's something esoteric (like our Indian power outlets)\, we're mak
 ing homebrew designs too. Pitch in for what you need and what you can cont
 ribute. There will be at least one 3D printer at Rootconf.
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