
Protectli Vault FW6A in a 10-inch rack
Protectli Vault FW6A in a 10-inch rack: a fanless six-port Gigabit firewall in a 2U carrier with five keystones, or flat on the hex shelf.

Masked, caffeinated and slightly obsessed with ten-inch racks. nullroute is the editorial persona behind Minirack Studio's device guides: every port, watt and millimetre comes from the manufacturer's datasheet and is checked against the configurator before it lands in a rack plan. Favours short patch cables, labelled keystones and a free unit to spare.

Protectli Vault FW6A in a 10-inch rack: a fanless six-port Gigabit firewall in a 2U carrier with five keystones, or flat on the hex shelf.

Ubiquiti UniFi Flex Mini 2.5G in a 10-inch rack: five 2.5 GbE ports, USB-C or PoE power, 6.4 W maximum and a 94 mm deep 1U community mount.

MSI's GB10 system in a 10-inch rack: a 64 GB model next to the 128 GB one, no dedicated mount so it rides a 2U shelf, a 0–35 °C range and rear QSFP.

How the Minisforum NAB6 fits a 10-inch rack: a 10-core Core i7-12650H, two 2.5 GbE ports, up to 64 GB RAM, a 120 W adapter and 2U on the hex shelf.

TP-Link's Omada OC200 V1 hardware controller in a 10-inch rack: hex-shelf placement, PoE or Micro-USB power, Fast Ethernet ports and V1 caveats.

The Intel 520-series 7 mm SATA SSD in a 10-inch rack: storage for the printed Raspberry Pi NAS plates, 0.85 W typical active, and full specs.

Protectli VP6630 in a 10-inch rack: a Core i3 firewall with four 2.5 GbE ports and two 10G SFP+ cages, in a 2U carrier or on the hex shelf.

QNAP QSW-2104-2S in a 10-inch rack: unmanaged and fanless, four 2.5 GbE jacks, two 10G SFP+ cages, front DC input and a 1U hex shelf fit.

Ubiquiti UniFi Flex Mini in a 10-inch rack: five Gigabit ports, USB-C or PoE power, 2.5 W maximum draw and a 74 mm deep 1U community tray.

The ASUS Ascent GX10 in a 10-inch rack: two printable mounts (1.5U and 2U), a 1.48 kg chassis, a 240 W peak system budget and rear 10GbE plus QSFP.

How the Intel NUC8i7BEH fits a 10-inch rack: a soldered Core i7-8559U, up to 32 GB RAM, Thunderbolt 3, a 90 W adapter and 2U on the hex shelf.

JetKVM in a 10-inch rack: KVM-over-IP for the machine beside it, three printable combo mounts, a rear 100 Mbps port and a tiny power budget.