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This list is quite similar to Jeff Geerling’s Mini Rack 002, so a big thanks to him for the inspiration!

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Component List

DeskPi RackMate T0 - Compact 10‑inch 4U aluminium mini‑rack 200 mm deep that holds all the gear and fits neatly on a shelf; looks cool 😎.
GL Opal - Small router with two LAN and WAN port. Comes with easy to use software that let’s us configure VPN and DNS settings.
Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+in - Fanless layer‑2+ switch with 8 × 1 GbE ports and 2 × 10 Gb SFP+ uplinks, managed by SwOS Lite—perfect backbone for Pi cluster.
Mikrotik RMK-2/10 Rack Mount Kit - 1 U kit that lets you bolt one or two small MikroTik devices into our 10″ rack.
Raspberry Pi 5 8GB - The compute power for our cluster. Raspberripis looked like the best option for a beginner firendly setup.
DeskPi 2U 4x Raspberry Pi PCIe NVMe Mount - 2 U tray with four PCIe x1 adapters so each Pi can mount an M.2 NVMe SSD—fast local storage without USB bottlenecks. This is great for future upgrades if I ever want to move away from my Microsd cards. Also, it looks cool 😅.
300W USB-C Charging Station - Any charging station with 260W+ should do the job for this build.
Mini Rack PDU - Any 1 U power strip made for 10″ racks should do the job; 4 NEMA 5‑15R outlets with overload protection and front switch.

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