Yeah, mine is 256mm cubed and some parts were a tight fit. A decent 10" rack will cost half a Bambu A1. Combined with the sale of the A1 mini... Man maffs sorted!
That was my thoughts! I could splurge on something with a larger bed but for the amount I’d use it beyond doing what I do now (which hasn’t been an issue to date) the added volume of the standard A1 should be plenty. … until it isn’t
The main problem is it shitting the bed [get an i/o error error message] sometimes but not every time when the pc has woken from sleep... Normally have to restart the iSCSI service to fix it
iSCSI doesn't really like things sleeping. I've found that disabling the setting on the nic that allows windows to turn it off to save power & enabling auto-connect can help but iSCSI is more suited for things where the machine doesn't sleep
I figured it'd be something like that... ...that or some esoteric bug brought about by no-one at MS expecting the feature to be used in a desktop context [which tbf not playing nice with sleep kinda fits] As for *why* i'm using iSCSI SSD ain't big enough and I missed the boat on getting one at not stupid pricing. So it's being used for Steam **** that doesn't need to be on the main SSD [bc steam moans about loading **** off an SMB share ven if it will mostly work] and storing some Unreal Engine Demo projects whilst i delude myself in thinking i'm going to meaningfully learn Unreal Engine. UE sometimes chokes and crashes loading stuff from the NAS which i suspect is bc, at the end of the day, it is a spinny rust nas.
I think it's just left in the code from Server IIRC. Mount anetwork drive in a folder using mount points? That might work
Most likely but also make me think of some of the several layers deep setting in the uefi/bios [usually related to power saving/regulatory compliance] that never quite work right and that board makers never test bc they assume no-one will ever actually enable any of it.
So I did a thing and made some changes…. From this… IMG_1545 by andrew8200m posted 5 Feb 2026 at 22:10 To this… IMG_1544 by andrew8200m posted 5 Feb 2026 at 22:10 I wanted more bandwidth on my switch with the facility to aggregate without getting an 10G SFP switch as I simply don’t need it. Anyway, that’s the damage! PDU moved to the rear behind the patch panel and everything else set up as is swimmingly. Very happy with the performance of it all. 3x 8tb HDD for total 16tb + fail over. 4x 2tb SSD for total of 6tb + fail over. Just need to get a couple of the WiFi 7 units and upgrade the internet when needed to take advantage of the bandwidth.
Integrated my NAS (kind of). The hardware is just kind of crammed in there until I finish printing a chassis and my PDUs arrive, so I can finally tame the cables.
I'm very close to scaling down my rack to a 10" rack. I'm down to my synology DS923+, Minisforum MS-A2 and MS-01 as the homelab machines. I could swap out my Unifi UCG and Pro Max switch for a UCG Fibre and it should all fit nicely.
And more changes… Now a home automation, CCTV, file back up, firewall, VPN and access control rack. The other bits along with a 3D printer will go in/on another small rack most likely but if space allows I may just get a 1000mm deep 42U unit, put the lot in along with a few other bits and shelf a 3D printer or two in there. Decisions decisions… IMG_2453 by andrew8200m posted 21 Apr 2026 at 02:18 IMG_2451 by andrew8200m posted 21 Apr 2026 at 02:18
I think it's time to get printing. I need to scale down my 16U rack and a 10" mini rack would be ideal. Now, which colours do I want...
I pulled the NAS out of there because that 6-way 2.5" cage is utter dogsh!t. The NAS will remain separate in a repurposed Gen 8 microserver chassis gifted by @Arboreal . I still have my mini PCs running in my 10" rack though. However, I need to make a decision on my MS-A1 or my 9070 XT rig. One is getting sold but I'm currently paralysed by indecision.
Just gotten the Plex server / torrent box / sixteen year old ThinkPad out of the roof space of the garage, this thing just keeps plodding away and it's rare for me to have to do anything other than RDP into it.
