Just a FYI. Most of them are comms cabinets not server cabinets – very different beasts when it comes to installation. Plus, even the server cabinets aren’t correct – not a single one of them could be pulled out on their rails without having to be disconnected first. Also, pic 4, that power lead just dangling there is atrocious, that lead will fall out very easily, and then your cabinet cooling is gone.

@Paul R
Thanks to your keen observation. Most of them are patch panels. I stand corrected.

But.. You cannot deny that they look really cool

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Very good example.

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It’s…so…beautiful

Damn, Did they run the cables first or move the boxes? What if you have to pull a wire? Do you just leave it there?

kudos to the admin tho

While they may look pretty they are still forgetting one key factor. There is no labeling to be found.
So when that bumbling idiot replaces a piece of hardware and just disconnects everything you have no clue where it goes.
All cables should have two labels on them. What they connect to, and where they are going. Saves so much time down the road.

Great shots. I have often wondered what these places look like. Thanks for the photos.

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…Love the feel

Oh WoW

I haven’t imagined this before

*Screams* Ahhhh, the Clean! It burns my eyes!!!

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pain in the ass is more like it. Try tracing a cable when you have to with 7 tie wraps every 2 feet…

I think my past server was set like that. Very clean and very lean.

One word. WOW

That’s the way the server room have to be, Nice setting..

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Amazing how pretty that stuff can look. Would be great to see some higher resolution pics.

That’s just the back of some patch panels. They all look like that, if a competent cabling contractor was used. Show us the front where the patch leads are, I bet it’s a lot messier…

I remember working for Siemens GMBH.

With no exceptions to the rules, all cabling had to be like this.

If both ends of the cables are not marked, you will have hell finding and replacing the cable.

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Wow, who knew zip ties were could be so beautiful

awesome!

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tain c ouf

On dirait le serveur de NTK. C’est vraiment la classe !

Looks like perfection.

Replace all zip ties with Velcro and then we’re talking. I have to admit though, that makes the network I manage look like a disaster.

those guys deserve an award for excellent house keeping.

All NEW server racks look like this. Lets come back in 5 years when thre have been things pulled out and new things installed. When a cabinet is hooked up the first time it should always look this nice.

Nicely organised.

wow! You know how to zip tie cables your mother must be very proud

I have always done installs in this manner – It is the standard for competent contractors. Where it gets messy is when people want more installed after initial installation…

Good luck changing cable spots

Estimated time for single cable replacement: 72 hours.

Estimated time for new cable run: 3 days.

Amount of time spent trying to appease some anal retentive IT manager with excessive use of zip ties: priceless.

NO!!.. this is bad.. really bad.. it takes really long time to look for damaged cable.. and it took longer time to open the ties.. replace the cable and to re-tie the cable..

Stupid work.. actually