Planning of the network cabinet and its contents

APs are probably these "Ubiquiti Networks 2.4GHz/5GHz, 867Mbit, 122m 1x 10/100/1000, 24V Passive PoE, UAP-AC-LITE".

I wouldn't recommend them at the moment if there are Apple devices in the household. They don't get along very well. You can notice this because FaceTime, for example, doesn't really work, constant dropouts.

Otherwise, the devices are really cool.

I wouldn't recommend it at the moment if there are Apple devices in the household. They don't get along that well. It becomes noticeable because FaceTime, for example, doesn't really work, with constant interruptions.

Otherwise, the things are really cool.

Hi , thanks for the tip, because there are actually several Apple devices in the household. I have to look for an alternative...

I have housed a similar selection of components in a 21U cabinet and there is still plenty of space.

Even though it is extremely oversized, you answer the question with the pictures in the blog of how to conveniently install such a patch panel: First screw the patch panel further down to lay the cables, then move it up (or leave it down if the cables were fed in from below). Time required maybe one hour.

Keystone? For that money, you can also have an electrician do the work.

No, you’re not overlooking anything, I am also completely satisfied with my QNAP for end users. Wouldn’t know that I ever pushed the CPU to its limits. But to each their own.

The difference is that a 19" case fits much more cleverly into such a cabinet. That the performance of such a device built yourself costs only half and is upgradeable at will – power consumption almost identical. And if you like the software, just google xpenology. Works wonderfully here on a self-build (currently as a mini-tower, soon then 2U cases, e.g. Inter-Tech 2U-20240). Not pushing the CPU but using a NUC for this, a PI for that ... in my opinion that’s fiddling around, I just set up one more VM. Or you buy a 21U rack to place an HP Microserver on a shelf ...

Or you buy a 21U cabinet to put an HP HomeServer on a shelf ...

Nice, right? The cabinet was cheap (100€) and the HomeServer was already there.

Which server do you have in operation and how high is the power consumption? Unfortunately, the HomeServer needs about 25W, so it doesn't run 24/7. QNAP and Co. would probably be at about a third of that...

Which server do you have running and how high is the power consumption? Unfortunately, the home server needs about 25W, so it doesn't run 24/7. QNAP and co. would probably be at about 1/3 of that...

I have a self-built one with an i3-4130 and 8 GB RAM. Price-wise somewhere around €300 plus drives. A comparable QNAP/Synology would cost at least twice as much, rather three times. Power consumption in normal operation is also around 30W. When the hard drives are idle and shut down, and the CPU accordingly throttles down, about 10-15W. Runs 24/7. No, QNAP and co. are not much better there. The power consumption comes from the drives; they can’t do anything about that. Low-power CPUs of course use a bit less power, but that doesn’t make a big difference and never, ever compensates for the higher purchase price.

But well, that’s the difference between doing it yourself and buying ready-made. But when you see that people also collect NUCs, PIs, and whatnot alongside, I find that more than absurd. The title of the thread is "Planning the network cabinet" and not "putting collected boxes into a cabinet." That is without a concept.