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DeskPi built a 2U mini rack case for the Exaviz Cruiser -- and Jeff Geerling put it to work.

In his latest video, Jeff rebuilt his Frigate surveillance server around our Cruiser carrier board and DeskPi's new 2U enclosure. Compute Module 5, Hailo 8 AI accelerator, two 4TB NAS drives in R720-style sleds, three cameras running Frigate -- all in a 2U desktop rack footprint.

The results: under 5% CPU, sub-11ms object detection, and room to scale to 8+ cameras.

One board replacing a PoE switch, a Pi, and a storage server. One case to put it all in.

Watch Jeff's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LayXUxMjPU

Read our writeup: https://exa-pedia.com/blog/2026-03-07-deskpi-2u-mini-rack-case/

Pre-order the case ($69.99): https://deskpi.com/products/deskpi-2u-mini-rack-mount-case-pre-order-for-the-exaviz-cruiser-carrier-board

Pre-sale DeskPi 2U Mini Rack Mount Case (Pre-order) for the Exaviz Cru Description DeskPi 2U Mini Rack Mount Case (Pre-order) for the Exaviz Cruiser Carrier Board—an all-in-one NVR, smart home hub, and PoE switch for Raspberry Pi CM5. Designed for 2U racks and desktop mini rack setups, featuring a compact structure with well-planned cutouts for ports and ventilation....

We just launched the Cruiser Carrier Board for Raspberry Pi CM5!

It's built for the kind of all-in-one setup people usually cobble together from separate hardware - an NVR, a PoE switch, and a smart home hub all on one board running on a single 48V DC supply.
* 8-port PoE+ built in (power your cameras directly from the board)
* 2.5GbE WAN for fast uplink
* M.2 Key M for NVMe or AI
* 2 SATA connectors for storage
* WiFi 6, Bluetooth, and Zigbee via onboard ESP32-C6 (great for Home Assistant builds)

Matching desktop case and 48V PSU available

Check it out at https://exa-pedia.com/docs/cruiser/ or shop at https://www.exaviz.com/category/cruiser-carrier-board

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