Building My ULTIMATE, All-inOne, HomeLab Server
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Today I built the ultimate, all in one, HomeLab Home Server to handle everything. Sliger did send this case to me however asked for nothing in return. Other 4u Cases - Sliger CX4150a - https://www.sliger.com/products/rackmount/4u/cx4150a/ - SilverStone RM44 4U - https://amzn.to/3K0wpmk - RackChoice 4U - https://amzn.to/3UB8bEf Other Parts - Samsung SSDs - https://amzn.to/3USTxtj - Corsair Airflow Case (newer) - https://amzn.to/44BV0HI - 10g Ethernet adapter - https://amzn.to/3wkN0hP - LSI HAB - https://amzn.to/3UWBuCN (Affiliate links may be included in this description. I may receive a small commission at no cost to you.) Video Notes: https://technotim.live/posts/ultimate-homelab-server/ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/technotim Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/timothystewart6 Subscribe on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/technotim Become a YouTube member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOk-gHyjcWZNj3Br4oxwh0A/join Merch Shop 🛍️: https://l.technotim.live/shop Gear Recommendations: https://l.technotim.live/gear Get Help in Our Discord Community: https://l.technotim.live/discord Tinkers channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TechnoTimTinkers 00:00 - What I want out of a HomeLab Home Server 01:19 - Selecting a case / chassis 02:23 - Use Old case? 02:58 - New or Reuse? 03:33 - Other Case Options (Zack Morris style) 03:51 - Thinking about Hacking this chassis 04:19 - CPU & Motherboard 05:39 - Disassembling 06:48 - Component layout 08:11 - How to get 15 SSDs in here 08:57 - Maybe print some parts? 09:45 - For now, it's jank 10:24 - Test flight 11:02 - Power usage 11:37 - Testing components with an OS 12:18 - Networking 13:02 - Temperature checks 13:30 - Testing GPU 14:45 - SSDs are here 15:19 - Racking Server 15:56 - Weird Gap 16:20 - Selecting the operating system Thank you for watching!
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