youneverknow Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,1445713,00.jpg You see a photo like this and wonder how did it get this way? One would think that there could be a better way to hook up all these cables with something more consolidated. Tracing out a connection would be a nightmare youneverknow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Carl Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 That is why we do not post our DC snaps now Jokes apart, our DC is well kept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Looks more like colorful spaghetti stuck on walls than a DC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Our own guru Mike manages a similar mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 This has to be a joke. I can not even imagine such a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertmcol Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) I just hope that each patch panel has tags to which switch it goes to in which cabinet lol I hate chasing cables to ports which most likely are on switches which have multiple Vlans conencting to other patch panels LOL and lord knows I hope they are color coding the connections... othersie surrender. here is one of the many racks we have...as you can see having wires exposed is just a nature of the beast. Edited March 8, 2009 by robertmcol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 No offense Robert, but that really is not the nature of the beast. Maybe its the nature of a lazy beast? I guess the crew at TCH is just I AM A SPAMMER about our cables. Perhaps I should post some photos of our racks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 We we would be missing some crew from TCH if I walked into our data center and seen that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertmcol Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 that very well may be true, but in my environment, it is not what I did, it is what I inhertited. If I could take down the production servers and do cable management it really would make my life a lot easier. When the datacenter moves in 2010 I have a chance to do just that. In the interim as systems get powered off or have issues, we try to move them to a newer rack where we have cleaner cabling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 This is a shot (using my blackberry) from the back side of a fully populated dell 42u rack in the TCH NOC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Carl Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 NEAToooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Crabb Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Thanks for the pic, Bill. All cables laced and labeled. Looking good !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youneverknow Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 I thought the color coded cable idea suggested by Robertmcol was a great idea. I sort of do this in my little home network and it sure makes identifying individual components ins and outs more visual for troubleshooting purposes and equipment swapping. Thanks Bill for the shots of TCH server stacks...always fun to see where my money has been well spent my last 5 years or more with your fine company. Kudos to all on your team!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertmcol Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) Thanks youneverknow, as much as color coding works it does not make up for clean and proper cable management. Especially in a datacenter envrironment. Bill, I have to say it looks like you have your cables tight and neat. kudos to you and the entire TCH team for taking care of business. I like the kvm connections as well. I seem to never have enough of them Even youy power chords Duals are wire tied , I like that very much I probably should have taken pictures of the servers as well My shot shows the patch panels where all rack switches connect. my server racks are very similar to yours none the less.. proper cable management is key. Great job Edited March 9, 2009 by robertmcol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeJ Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 This is what I had inherited when I took my current job (note: this isn't TCH) over 7 years ago: Thankfully, we've moved since then which allowed me to redo the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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