As soon as you need to change one cable, everything is screwed and it takes way to much time to cut all these zip ties. Looks like a show piece not a working site.
BloodlustROFLNIFE
Now change 1 cable out
WickedSucks
It’s too managed
S0k0n0mi
Theres a break in line 142, go get it out.
Thats why we use velcro.
John_Carter_1150
And then you forget to label them
Liber_Vir
If you see my installs, youll see them done with lacing tape. Cable lacing is a skill that’s, sadly, not taught much anymore.
The cable management they want but are only willing to pay you for an hour of your time. You also have to pull it in and terminate it
After_Working
Legendary
exFAT_James
We have many closets, and most racks of patch panels are not that clean. Was a horrible mess half a decade ago, but now most are pretty tidy. Should find some old picture I have of a network switch hanging via 48 ethernet and the fibre, operational at the time too.
kcchiefscooper
it’s so sexy
Sno_Wolf
I feel wildly inadequate, fuck you very much.
Suikerspin_Ei
Looks nice, but horrible to replace them for velcro in the future. Cutting them off will likely damage the wires. That’s how one of my PWM fan went spinning full speed, I realized I damaged the cable by removing the zip tie.
Jidarious
Where I work we used to require everything to look like that. I think if your datacenter is a bunch of the same equipment that never changes (as in you put it in and don’t touch the stuff in that rack for 10 years) it would be okay, but for most data centers that kind of thing is a massive pain in the ass for day to day work.
As good as it looks, after a while It was obvious to me that it’s a tremendous waste of man-hours for no practical benefit. One of the first things I did when I was promoted to boss was put a stop to this. Now we use separate troughs with loose runs of copper and fiber grouped with velcro strips and only power gets tied down tight like that.
FrostyCartographer13
With enough cable ties, I can shackle even God himself.
slackerhacker808
Velcro, yes. Zip ties, absolutely fucking not.
cantsleepclownswillg
Zip ties should be nowhere near HD SDI. Velcro only.
And the chances of needing to replace a cable are vanishingly small. This will be going to a CTP (BNC patch panel essentially) and unless someone puts a drill through a cable or something stupid, they’ll be there until they’re decommissioned.
sonnybear5
Get the whole crew to come and observe. I’d tell you did an amazing job and make you redo this whole thing in velcro. – Journeyman VDV Tech
RandomScaryGuy
I came
TheeFURNAS
Bro took the scenic route
dxg999
It might the cable management we need, but is it the cable management we deserve?
cr0wsky
Looks neat, but a pain in the hole for the maintenance guy!
I’ve done a fair share of industrial wiring in the past, not networking though. What’s the reason to use such long cables going aaaaaall the way around, instead of using short ones and shooting them straight up?
VAVA_Mk2
chonkyboioi
Im a head end guy for some av systems where i work. I would remove evrry zip tie amd use velcro solely for when i have to replace something. Also i hate when nothing is labeled or they leave a flow chart that makes sense ONLY to the installers and then i have to make my own. I try to work with some installers to at least get a sensible flow chart. I aint wasting hours tracing 100ft+ of cables not labeled. Any installs we have done thats the first thing i make sure i get.
Once had to call back a team to the work site because they were contracted to do that (label key connections and splits amd provide a flow chart) and they did none of that lol. Supervisor was livid.
Edit: forgot to say that work is quite beautiful!
fiittzzyy
Zuli_Muli
Can I ask why they are so long? Like it goes from the left side to the right, then up, then back to the left, then down, to then get distributed across.
Nicodemu5
Visually – Stunning.
Practically – God help whoever has to change a cable down the line
MBSMD
I wish I was that good. But I swap shit too much.
Astrael_Noxian
Why are the cables so long?? Go out, over, then UP instead of down and around. Up the left side, back in, and connect. I do this type of thing for a living (I build switchgear), and have never installed anything that had to run all the way around the rack to connect. Easier to run, easier to replace cables. Zip ties are fine if you have small clippers and a bit of experience using them. I wouldn’t have used quite so MANY zip ties, but I still would have used them.
porcupinedeath
Great till you need to check a single cable
Thundrbucket
I probably would have just terminated the cables shorter.
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Its beautiful
As soon as you need to change one cable, everything is screwed and it takes way to much time to cut all these zip ties. Looks like a show piece not a working site.
Now change 1 cable out
It’s too managed
Theres a break in line 142, go get it out.
Thats why we use velcro.
And then you forget to label them
If you see my installs, youll see them done with lacing tape. Cable lacing is a skill that’s, sadly, not taught much anymore.
Example:
https://preview.redd.it/spxlkvgcewef1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=c66f29bbf40c337ff1788fc83241726f2dbf2863
Tight!
Disgusting.
Looks like my green circuit section in factorio
Would.
The cable management they want but are only willing to pay you for an hour of your time. You also have to pull it in and terminate it
Legendary
We have many closets, and most racks of patch panels are not that clean. Was a horrible mess half a decade ago, but now most are pretty tidy. Should find some old picture I have of a network switch hanging via 48 ethernet and the fibre, operational at the time too.
it’s so sexy
I feel wildly inadequate, fuck you very much.
Looks nice, but horrible to replace them for velcro in the future. Cutting them off will likely damage the wires. That’s how one of my PWM fan went spinning full speed, I realized I damaged the cable by removing the zip tie.
Where I work we used to require everything to look like that. I think if your datacenter is a bunch of the same equipment that never changes (as in you put it in and don’t touch the stuff in that rack for 10 years) it would be okay, but for most data centers that kind of thing is a massive pain in the ass for day to day work.
As good as it looks, after a while It was obvious to me that it’s a tremendous waste of man-hours for no practical benefit. One of the first things I did when I was promoted to boss was put a stop to this. Now we use separate troughs with loose runs of copper and fiber grouped with velcro strips and only power gets tied down tight like that.
With enough cable ties, I can shackle even God himself.
Velcro, yes. Zip ties, absolutely fucking not.
Zip ties should be nowhere near HD SDI. Velcro only.
And the chances of needing to replace a cable are vanishingly small. This will be going to a CTP (BNC patch panel essentially) and unless someone puts a drill through a cable or something stupid, they’ll be there until they’re decommissioned.
Get the whole crew to come and observe. I’d tell you did an amazing job and make you redo this whole thing in velcro. – Journeyman VDV Tech
I came
Bro took the scenic route
It might the cable management we need, but is it the cable management we deserve?
Looks neat, but a pain in the hole for the maintenance guy!
I’ve done a fair share of industrial wiring in the past, not networking though. What’s the reason to use such long cables going aaaaaall the way around, instead of using short ones and shooting them straight up?
Im a head end guy for some av systems where i work. I would remove evrry zip tie amd use velcro solely for when i have to replace something. Also i hate when nothing is labeled or they leave a flow chart that makes sense ONLY to the installers and then i have to make my own. I try to work with some installers to at least get a sensible flow chart. I aint wasting hours tracing 100ft+ of cables not labeled. Any installs we have done thats the first thing i make sure i get.
Once had to call back a team to the work site because they were contracted to do that (label key connections and splits amd provide a flow chart) and they did none of that lol. Supervisor was livid.
Edit: forgot to say that work is quite beautiful!
Can I ask why they are so long? Like it goes from the left side to the right, then up, then back to the left, then down, to then get distributed across.
Visually – Stunning.
Practically – God help whoever has to change a cable down the line
I wish I was that good. But I swap shit too much.
Why are the cables so long?? Go out, over, then UP instead of down and around. Up the left side, back in, and connect. I do this type of thing for a living (I build switchgear), and have never installed anything that had to run all the way around the rack to connect. Easier to run, easier to replace cables. Zip ties are fine if you have small clippers and a bit of experience using them. I wouldn’t have used quite so MANY zip ties, but I still would have used them.
Great till you need to check a single cable
I probably would have just terminated the cables shorter.
Nt. Use Velcro next time.
hot garbage. replace a cable