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Stacked Servers

What not to do in a server room
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 roomNOW LEFT TR  | 08/03/06
Yes and aTroll protecting itwilscor41@...  | 08/07/06
We almost made a perfect 10gardoglee  | 08/24/06
Former rack room.....spacewarp@...  | 01/08/07
Sand blasters whilst awaydavid@...  | 11/30/07
Help Me PLEASE!ScooterB  | 01/08/07
Right on!fajarpri@...  | 10/11/08
did you steal images from our server center?church_t@...  | 05/18/07
We fail miserablynissanskyrice  | 11/21/07
That's nothing compared to what I've seen with my own eyesManiacMan  | 11/21/07
Some link to photos from previous jobs of mineManiacMan  | 11/21/07
Telephone Royaltysonicbridge  | 02/11/08
WOW all this about the ER how about the horizontal?cowen80194  | 11/22/07
Some good picturessubscriptions@...  | 08/03/06
Get a life!flip-flop-flam  | 08/04/06
Try working with itEJHonda  | 08/07/06
Not true!breadtrk  | 10/06/06
Very True!T0nz  | 03/06/07
Cable managmentgranholmk@...  | 03/06/07
I agreeTenagra71  | 03/06/07
...but it's so pretty...gareth.roberts@...  | 03/09/07
There are many paths to enlightenmentBit - Twiddler  | 03/11/07
What is it?fajarpri@...  | 10/11/08
That's a good idea!therrington@...  | 05/18/07
Cables here and there, everywherehelpdeskdude  | 11/21/07
Labelschromeronin  | 05/30/07
Sure, but...kerra79@...  | 07/11/07
Not badgranholmk@...  | 08/13/06
no kidding these are not bad...adealey@...  | 08/14/06
This is not correctckang@...  | 08/04/06
This is correctsmcallah@...  | 08/04/06
Correct...for active coolingbrian.kronberg@...  | 08/29/06
I have that beatcwm@...  | 08/08/06
ROFLMAObluwtrsal@...  | 08/10/06
Just the same old story...bart99gt@...  | 03/06/07
You call that dust?deramin@...  | 08/11/06
Don't laughmandrake64  | 08/13/06
It's nice to know that CNC equipment isn't immune to stupidity eitherManiacMan  | 11/22/07
I laugh at your "bad" habits...dennisf@...  | 08/15/06
Mine ain't perfect, but it has gotten bettermarka@...  | 05/18/07
Pretty lame.shraven  | 05/18/07
ROTFLolanna@...  | 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 cableManiacMan  | 11/21/07
seen one of these this moriningfreddie@...  | 08/24/06
Time for a Makeovergr33nman  | 08/27/06
Is it bad that this look similarjtoppi  | 08/27/06
A walk in the parkAnth0ny  | 09/02/06
I would have walked, no correction, ran from such a contract gigManiacMan  | 11/22/07
ArrgghhhFred123456  | 10/03/06
Real LIfeIndustrial Controller  | 10/17/06
This is NOTHING - I have seen the worstitsp1965  | 11/21/06
Forget the fire marshall , it's an electrical building code violationManiacMan  | 11/22/07
You forgot about cramming them into a tiny room with no airmistymtn0208  | 11/21/06
TESTlinklabs@...  | 03/09/07
Servers need air? Do'h!Photogenic Memory  | 11/21/07
There's nothing worse than having a packrat for a bossManiacMan  | 11/21/07
That serverThe Listed 'G MAN'  | 04/01/08
I've seen worsedoug m.  | 11/21/06
We're Guiltygreed03@...  | 01/08/07
Barnacles!!! It's the attack of the tiny zinc crystals!jjeter@...  | 01/08/07
I have seen much worse - See Photo Linkgary@...  | 03/06/07
That's awesomejokerfest@...  | 03/06/07
Wanna Laugh?Arsynic  | 11/21/07
Yeah, it's a DL380 G3 based on the thumbscrews in the frontManiacMan  | 11/21/07
Road to Nowherevwbob  | 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 stackManiacMan  | 11/21/07
Cabling FunHamish_NZ  | 03/06/07
"The attack of the purple spaghetti monster" Rated R for graphic imagesManiacMan  | 11/22/07
Fiber Glass Lassokwame.danquah@...  | 11/12/08
hahahaDkTeddy  | 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 jobManiacMan  | 11/22/07
And what jackass authorized the janitor to be there? Oh lord!ManiacMan  | 11/22/07
Same thing happens with the ill equipedolanna@...  | 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 blahAndy W  | 05/18/07
Agreed!jrawley@...  | 05/18/07
The old mighty velcro strap to the rescueManiacMan  | 11/21/07
sprinklersscorch@...  | 05/18/07
Wishingddswanson@...  | 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 messsyost@...  | 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 imaginationManiacMan  | 11/21/07
Stop looking at your feetThe 'G-Man.'  | 11/13/08
No Joket_mcnally_2001@...  | 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

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