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RE: time sink 42
From: "Dixon, Justin" <Justin.Dixon () BBandT com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:45:49 +0000
-----Original Message----- From: Majdi S. Abbas [mailto:msa () latt net] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 16:35 To: Randy Bush Cc: North American Network Operators' Group Subject: Re: time sink 42 On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 01:08:46PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:ok, this is horribly pragmatic, but it's real. yesterday i was in the westin playing rack and stack for five hours. an horrifyingly large amount of my time was spent trying to peel apart labels made on my portable brother label tape maker, yes peeling the backing from a little label so remote hands could easily confirm a server they were going to attack.Randy, Personally, I got tired of buying batteries, and expensive label tapes, and tend to stick with Avery labels from the office supply store (or Brady labels for cabling), and preprinting. Either can be run through a typewriter, and the Avery labels tend to run through a standard office printer just fine. Then I just have to peel a standard label off of wax paper, which is much easier than dealing with plastic tape that appears to be fused to its backing at the factory. The split back variety is a little better, but even then it can be hard to get your fingernails under the other side. We haven't really improved much on labeling technology in decades. --msa
No mention of good (*detailed*) documentation based on model/serial number and facility rack ID/rack position in case the label were to inadvertently be removed/fall off/etc.? Only issue with that approach is that if the colo facility moves your hardware at some point you need to ensure that they let you know that so you can update your documentation to coincide with (hopefully) their documentation of where your equipment is located. Justin
Current thread:
- RE: time sink 42, (continued)
- RE: time sink 42 Erik Soosalu (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Justin M. Streiner (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Greg D. Moore (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Keegan Holley (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Seth Mattinen (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Måns Nilsson (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Doug Barton (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jon Lewis (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Chris Adams (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Majdi S. Abbas (Feb 16)
- RE: time sink 42 Dixon, Justin (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 16)
- RE: time sink 42 Dixon, Justin (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jay Ashworth (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Mark Keymer (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Karl Auer (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jay Ashworth (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Karl Auer (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jerry Jones (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Sven Olaf Kamphuis (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Aled Morris (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jay Ashworth (Feb 16)
- Which way to fold the label (was: Re: time sink 42) Jay Ashworth (Feb 17)