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Re: good cabling in real environments
From: Simon Lockhart <simon.lockhart () bbc co uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:37:51 +0000
How do you do good cabling in dynamic, real environments? :-)
I find that no matter what you do, if there's more than one person touching the cabling, then it ends up a mess, unless you're very strict about cabling policy. Everyone has their pet way of running cat5 in a rack, and each one individually looks nice, but you try to mix them and it looks a mess. My pet hate is people who cable tie each cable run they do, especially on overhead ladders. Every now and again, I end up going around with a pair of wirecutters cutting out all the cableties. It's amazing how many you end up with, even after 3-6 months in a fairly static environment (I wouldn't say we're running cables more than once every week or two). And worse than people who over-use cable ties, are the people who use cableties and then roughly cut the end off at an angle. I've had more cuts from those sharp ends, than anything else in a data centre. When I do it, I cut them all flush, which makes them much more skin friendly. Simon -- Simon Lockhart | Tel: +44 (0)1628 407720 (x(01)37720) | Si fractum Technology Manager | Fax: +44 (0)1628 407701 (x(01)37701) | non sit, noli BBC Internet Ops | Email: Simon.Lockhart () bbc co uk | id reficere BBC Technology, Maiden House, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead. SL6 4UB. UK
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