Hey guys—this one is all about finally moving my networking gear and my Chia storage array out of the 2x4 rack I built a few months ago and into a real rack. I went with the StarTech 25U open frame rack from Amazon, and honestly it came out a lot better than I was expecting. It’s rated around 1200 pounds, it’s depth-adjustable (I set mine around 29 inches), and the casters make it easy to pull out and work on cabling without hating life. From there I started building it out the way I actually want it: a 48-port Cable Matters patch panel up top, an Aruba S2500 48-port switch (with 10Gb SFP and PoE) to replace the messy pile of PoE injectors I was using, and a 1U shelf for the non-rack stuff like my cable modem, Netgate pfSense box, and the Dell mini PC I was using for the Chia node. I also show a cheaper rail solution using APC sliding rails to mount my Supermicro CSE-836 JBODs without paying insane prices for OEM rail kits. By the end, the rack is up and running with three CSE-836 JBODs, my CSE-826 “farmer/VM” box, labeled cabling, and about 700TB online (still growing). Power-wise, the whole setup is hovering around ~700W with multiple PoE devices, and I’ve got a few follow-ups I want to do—like cleaning up power and eventually moving to a better rackmount pfSense system.