Those dividers look handy

But don't need them

so 4 SK for Nutanix CE and the custom for XS or Hyper-V?

The deviders are expensive, we can do acroyl like @User and use the VESA bracket that comes with the Skull

I don't know yet, need to get my hands on the case to see and work it out. But right now the plan is 4-5 Skull, 24 port Cisco, 2 TPLink, EdgeRouter Lite3 and maybe a AP

+ Synology 416Slim all SSD

Some of my existing equipment has cable runs slightly shorter than what it takes to get the run through top of rack and down the channels. I'm gonna try these little inline couplers. If they don't work then I'm probably gonna need to figure out something with a patch panel outside the rack and then run extensions from that.

@User: sk's will be loaded depending on what I'm doing. Will be using the xeon d ones for main cluster, etc. leaning hyper-v with s2d

@User: the acrylic I used was to build a false floor in the case and mount the gear to the false floor using dual lock. This allowed me to hide the power bricks underneath it as well and remove the false floor if tsa needed me to

I found trying to use the vesa mounts with the acrylic difficult to do, and the nucs would come off if I had to do shipping instead of onboard

@User thanks Richard, so just fix mount them then

what do you think about this qnap for shared storage? https://www.qnap.com/en/product/model.php?II=222

looking for an affordable but powerful solution to provide nfs shared storage to xenserver

I was going fix mount them also do false floor for cable management.

This is what I use for my Mobile lab, It holds 4 to 5 nucs, 1 AP, 1 16port managed switch Neptune Landscape Mobile Office https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018DSFRNA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_yM4NybY0KCPYG

It also has room to carry a laptop, thin client, HDMI switcher, cables mouse and a travel keyboard

How hard is that case?

All power is underneath. 2 XS, 1 ESXi, 1 CE

@dready: I like that qnap, been looking for something like that

Hard enough but light, I have taken it with me three trips already

The other thing that I like is that because of the size it fits on all planes, even underneath the seat, os I checked the other luggage but keep this with me

It's a full polycarbonate case but the false floor acts as a horizontal impact brace

The front section acts as a padded impact for the nucs from above

@User: didn't you get an Edgerouter x in the front pocket of the case ?? Are you buying more of them

@User: I did get one sir, I'm looking for my home network.

@Jarian Gibson: I was looking at pelican but they are too bulky and heavier than what I want to carry around

out to lowes to buy the materials to build my computer rack. Tired of looking at my office and basement like a mice nest

.... well that is what wife said

Lol

@Jarian Gibson: what is it you want the portable one to be