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How important is ventillation for a small makeshift homelab? (quokk.au)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Zagorath@quokk.au to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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At the moment all I have is a Synology and a Raspberry Pi, but I'll probably use a repurposed laptop or a cheap mini-PC (or similar) in the near future. At the moment, they're sitting on the ground in my lounge room next to my router, where the TV would go if I had one.

I'm looking to buy a TV cabinet. Something like the Ikea Brimnes, to put a TV on top of, and hoping to hide my server stuff inside it. An alternative I have considered is putting the servers inside what is supposed to be a linen closet. Either way, less than ideal airflow.

How much of a problem is this? And does anyone know of any easy solutions to keep things cool?

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[–] Zagorath@quokk.au 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah I was looking at the Fjällbo for that reason, but just aesthetically I would prefer closed at the front. Open at the back would be great. The one I linked I think has small cable holes at the top and a full wide cable gap at the bottom which was part of the reason it's near the top of my list.

Re them being on the floor, this was always intended as temporary until I get something better. But they're sitting on a wooden board rather than directly on the carpet, specifically to minimise the degree to which that's a problem.