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What not to do in a server room

by Bill Detwiler | 07-26-06

Tags: servers, humor, off topic

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Your server room may be perfect; every ethernet cable in place, all KVM and power cables neatly tucked into the sides of the racks. Your comm rack may be a marvel of modern cable management. Unfortunately, not all server rooms are so lucky.

Some server rooms are nothing but living examples of bad planning and worse execution. Dare I say, viewing some are even trips to the legendary 00000111th level of Hades itself (it's where the Apple Netwon and Microsoft BOB are). We now embark on an adventure to one such server room. If you dare?

Submitted by Joshua Hoskins

Server rails are a great thing. They allow you easy access to your server for any needed hardware maintenance. What could be better than a nice rail kit you ask? Why stacking your servers directly on top of each other!

Image the surprise and fun you'll have when you slide out a server to add a stick of RAM only to have two other servers topple out on top of you! Boy, will there be egg on your face then, when a simple RAM upgrade turns into a two server replacement.
                         

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Is this your room NOW LEFT TR | 08/03/06
Yes and aTroll protecting it wilscor41@... | 08/07/06
We almost made a perfect 10 gardoglee | 08/24/06
Former rack room..... spacewarp@... | 01/08/07
Sand blasters whilst away david@... | 11/30/07
Help Me PLEASE! ScooterB | 01/08/07
Right on! fajarpri@... | 10/11/08
OSHA NI70 | 01/09/10
did you steal images from our server center? church_t@... | 05/18/07
We fail miserably nissanskyrice | 11/21/07
That's nothing compared to what I've seen with my own eyes ManiacMan | 11/21/07
Some link to photos from previous jobs of mine ManiacMan | 11/21/07
Telephone Royalty sonicbridge | 02/11/08
WOW all this about the ER how about the horizontal? cowen80194 | 11/22/07
Great sales message! rball@... | 06/03/09
Some good pictures subscriptions@... | 08/03/06
Get a life! flip-flop-flam | 08/04/06
Try working with it ejhonda | 08/07/06
Not true! breadtrk | 10/06/06
Very True! T0nz | 03/06/07
Cable managment granholmk@... | 03/06/07
I agree Tenagra71 | 03/06/07
...but it's so pretty... gareth.roberts@... | 03/09/07
There are many paths to enlightenment Bit - Twiddler | 03/11/07
What is it? fajarpri@... | 10/11/08
That's a good idea! therrington@... | 05/18/07
Cables here and there, everywhere helpdeskdude | 11/21/07
Labels chromeronin | 05/30/07
Sure, but... kerra79@... | 07/11/07
Not bad granholmk@... | 08/13/06
no kidding these are not bad... adealey@... | 08/14/06
This is not correct ckang@... | 08/04/06
This is correct smcallah@... | 08/04/06
Correct...for active cooling brian.kronberg@... | 08/29/06
I have that beat cwm@... | 08/08/06
ROFLMAO bluwtrsal@... | 08/10/06
Just the same old story... bart99gt@... | 03/06/07
You call that dust? deramin@... | 08/11/06
Don't laugh mandrake64 | 08/13/06
It's nice to know that CNC equipment isn't immune to stupidity either ManiacMan | 11/22/07
I laugh at your "bad" habits... dennisf@... | 08/15/06
Mine ain't perfect, but it has gotten better marka@... | 05/18/07
Pretty lame. shraven | 05/18/07
ROTFL olanna@... | 03/28/08
That is not to bad ... tlenzen@... | 08/17/06
It's what keeps us in our jobs.... pgates@... | 08/22/06
Ding! Ding! Ding! At Least Some of You HAVE Server Rooms!!! Arsynic | 11/21/07
If I had a dollar for every time...... sully@... | 08/23/06
In regards to tripping or bumping into stuff..I've knocked the power cable ManiacMan | 11/21/07
seen one of these this morining freddie@... | 08/24/06
Time for a Makeover gr33nman | 08/27/06
Is it bad that this look similar jtoppi | 08/27/06
A walk in the park Anth0ny | 09/02/06
I would have walked, no correction, ran from such a contract gig ManiacMan | 11/22/07
Arrgghhh Fred123456 | 10/03/06
Real LIfe Industrial Controller | 10/17/06
This is NOTHING - I have seen the worst itsp1965 | 11/21/06
Forget the fire marshall , it's an electrical building code violation ManiacMan | 11/22/07
You forgot about cramming them into a tiny room with no air mistymtn0208 | 11/21/06
TEST linklabs@... | 03/09/07
Servers need air? Do'h! Photogenic Memory | 11/21/07
There's nothing worse than having a packrat for a boss ManiacMan | 11/21/07
That server The Listed 'G MAN' | 04/01/08
Our tale of wo rball@... | 06/03/09
I've seen worse doug m. | 11/21/06
We're Guilty greed03@... | 01/08/07
Barnacles!!! It's the attack of the tiny zinc crystals! jjeter@... | 01/08/07
I have seen much worse - See Photo Link gary@... | 03/06/07
That's awesome jokerfest | 03/06/07
Wanna Laugh? Arsynic | 11/21/07
HP 9000 rball@... | 06/03/09
Yeah, it's a DL380 G3 based on the thumbscrews in the front ManiacMan | 11/21/07
Road to Nowhere vwbob | 03/06/07
Nice... adminnazi@... | 05/18/07
Holy crap! Did someone forget the rail kit for the server? ManiacMan | 11/21/07
Modems, Modems, who's got the modems??? prplshroud | 03/06/07
You should have hired a carpenter to build you a wooden frame to stack ManiacMan | 11/21/07
Us old-school BBSers rball@... | 06/03/09
Cabling Fun Hamish_NZ | 03/06/07
"The attack of the purple spaghetti monster" Rated R for graphic images ManiacMan | 11/22/07
Fiber Glass Lasso kwame.danquah@... | 11/12/08
hahaha DkTeddy | 03/06/07
Don't let the janitors into the server room. darth_smeg@... | 04/05/07
Ah yes, I remember it well... burkhartmic | 07/02/07
Can't blame the janitor as he was only doing his job ManiacMan | 11/22/07
And what jackass authorized the janitor to be there? Oh lord! ManiacMan | 11/22/07
Same thing happens with the ill equiped olanna@... | 03/28/08
I'm not sure which of my two nightmares top this... johnjunk@... | 05/15/07
The problem with cable management is... soundy@... | 05/18/07
TyWraps blah Andy W | 05/18/07
Agreed! jrawley@... | 05/18/07
The old mighty velcro strap to the rescue ManiacMan | 11/21/07
sprinklers scorch@... | 05/18/07
Wishing ddswanson@... | 05/18/07
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) rknox@... | 08/15/07
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) mgcarley-zdnet | 08/16/07
NEED BETTER EXAMPLES?? DPeek | 11/21/07
my mess syost@... | 11/21/07
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) stevmack@... | 11/21/07
Why the fixation on one color for cables ? fred.wagner@... | 11/21/07
I think some IT guys are color blind or lack imagination ManiacMan | 11/21/07
Stop looking at your feet The 'G-Man.' | 11/13/08
No Joke Wizard-09 | 11/12/08
Funny that... The 'G-Man.' | 11/13/08
Apple Newton in the same category as BOB? Nonapeptide | 02/11/08
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) olanna@... | 03/28/08
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) michaelhickey60@... | 04/01/08
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) smiller@... | 11/26/08
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) davidm52_junk@... | 01/21/09
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) yovev_k@... | 04/29/09
RE: Stacked Servers (What not to do in a server room) intunericitu@... | 12/25/09

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