1. Label everything. The front (under the bezel too), the back, and both ends of ALL the cables. 2. Route your cables separately. Power on the left, data/kvm on the right.
Hot servers at the top? Couldn't hurt. Heavy servers should go on the bottom as well. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Paul Graydon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > So I've got a great opportunity, and a day of fun ahead. We're going to be > moving from our current co-lo facility to one that's far superior (what.. > you mean I'll actually get an SLA on power and cooling?!) We're also taking > the opportunity to expand out to two cabs instead of one, something that's > looking rather necessary. > > So with the new opportunity I've got a chance to lay things out according > to best practices, which I'm aware are rather fluid. So I'm curious to hear > what peoples "I wish I'd done xyz" advice is. For example, recently I've > heard people talking about racking hottest servers near the top of the cab. > > Mostly I think my predecessors have got it right, neat cabling, clear > labeling, colour coded based on network (e.g. DMZ red, internet white etc.) > but there are a few possibilities to improve on things. > > Paul > ______________________________**_________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss<https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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