Although wireless technologies can reduce the cable clutter hidden behind many desks, server rooms remain a haven for power cords, network cables and peripheral wiring. Unfortunately, many server rooms are built with little or no regard for cable organization. Such a lack of planning can quickly turn an orderly environment into a cabling nightmare.
The images here chronicle a project that brings optimal order to cable chaos.
Here's what we started with. As you can see, it's a complete mess of spaghetti.
(News.com thanks sister site TechRepublic, who published this gallery a while back and let us excerpt it for our readers.)
Captions by Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic
News.com's Emily Shurr contributed to this gallery.
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- i try to keep my server room clean, but sometimes you have to look at reality. If i add servers, then i need to cable them. If i cable them, then i have to deal with the cables. The cables have to ... (Read the rest)
- Posted by: Been_Done_Before Posted on: 10/08/07 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use
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waldenl@... | 10/03/07
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Gosh!
OldTechie | 10/04/07
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Futures....
dave@... | 10/04/07
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Mitigating crosstalk
grail@... | 10/04/07
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And after....
dmhunter@... | 10/04/07
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RE: (Photos: Server room cabling overhaul)
davrog@... | 10/04/07
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RE: (Photos: Server room cabling overhaul)
zdnet@... | 10/04/07
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Pointless in the real world...
stonehenge@... | 10/04/07
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Quite agree
redmanr | 10/04/07
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No Kidding!
cuba_pete@... | 10/04/07
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RE: (Photos: Server room cabling overhaul)
jlawes2664@... | 10/04/07
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and there we have it
ttocsmij | 10/04/07
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Or not.
g_bigham@... | 10/04/07
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ROFL
Suicida| | 10/07/07
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This problem ranks low on my list
Been_Done_Before | 10/08/07
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