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        <title><![CDATA[these are not so bad]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The worse one I ever had to support was situated in the only vacant area available, in the recess behind the women's toilets.  To patch in a computer, you needed a torch to see the switches behind all the cabling and once you were done, you needed a shower to wash away all the black grime and dust on your hands and up your arms.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[logden@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:40:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[wiring/cabling night mares]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where do I start? My God people, how do you expect anything to work when every thing looks like the snake pits pictured here???.  I am glad that I have an background in aviation and IT. This crap would not fly in my world. If an airplane was wired like that - somebody would be in jail. It is very simple in nature to solve this...take pride and ownership of your server rooms, closets, networks and workmanship. So many problems can and could be prevented if the work is accomplished correctly. If you don't have the time to do something correctly then make the time. There is NO excuse for shoddy work and work ethic. I'm sorry if this came out a little strong and I stepped on some toes and this hurt some feelings but acquire a thicker skin and do the job right the first time and you won't have this problem.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[swshikles2002@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:12:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[@rdavidson]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What happened to buying a 8p8c crimper and making your own patch cables.. those 20 footers just became 8  2 foot cables after you factor in waste... I only had to show my boss one time the difference in cost of premade patch cables and DIY patch cables to get him to buy them. I do it all the time and I'm not even working in IT... and that's without bulk purchasing...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[t0cableguy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:53:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some legit, others not...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I look at these pictures and there are many that are horrors to behold. Then I see some and it's just a box, or several boxes of random crap piled up. Now, while this is annoying, and certainly isn't good for the presentation of the room, I fail to see how that is in any way horrific.If boxes were the only problem it could be fixed by anyone.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kaizoman]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:50:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Server room .. you get a room]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In education, you get a unused, non air conditioned room as an afterthought.  You are told to move the wiring (done in 1997) out of a classroom into a &quot;closet&quot; with no money to move them.  Have to cut a cement wall out to join two &quot;closets&quot;, add a &quot;portable&quot; air conditioner (that doesn't reset should the power blink), and no sound insulation so the server just reverbs off concrete walls.  The five year old serve was not capable of running Server 2008R2 so we had to host our SIS program elsewhere.  Any wiring needed is done by you running wires through drop ceilings and very little funding. I don't want to talk about the &quot;new addition&quot; that was budgeted and built without any network or phone wiring (architect forgot about that !).  So guess who learned all about network / phone wiring !]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:49:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Three Factors]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I see three main factors in the evolution of messy server rooms. First, under funded IT, whether for staff, space, supplies, or skills. Secondly, pressure. Too many last minute demands from those that under fund IT. And thirdly, the lost art of making patch cables that fit. We often work from boxes of unsorted, used patch cords or if fortunate enough to have new ones still in the plastic bag, they're all the same length... 10 footers when you only need 5's or 20 footers when you only need 2's!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rdavidson@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:41:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[looks pretty]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've been an IT technician for many years i can instantly see what's wrong with this set up. I've got a fault on one of the network points in the room and i need to chase it back (or i want to change it from Data to Voice). Oh dear! all the same bloody colour and nicely clipped together. That's how the switches get messy in the first place. Try working in a school where they are always changing rooms and offices. Switches don't stay neat for long]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[archerphil]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:38:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Seems like you run this same story every 3 months.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[imsoscareed]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:35:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I can see floor!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My server room is a lot like the 1st picture, except i notice  you can see the floor in that picture - which is not possible in my server room...Fortunately I only have 1 1/2 height rack, so clambering over stuff to get to the servers is not too big a deal - and they don't crash very often luckily.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AdeV73]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:28:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hey scoffers!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My desk &amp; bedroom looks 10x worse than many of these pics, and I don't even have a physical server in there!  Well, various computer parts, but now server. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jwesleycooper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:30:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Waterfalls pics]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Reminds me of the pumpkin pic during Halloween that puked out it's guts. Looks like the rack equipment puked out it's respective guts.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rader@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:55:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Insufficient Planning for comms racks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One of the main problems I've encountered over my numerous years in the biz, is to find a cab positioned with its back and one side wall positioned into the corner of a room. Yes it looks &quot;tidy&quot; but it makes rear access impossible and therefore compounds cabling problems.The other problem is from British Telecom's favoured trick of mounting ISDN and other LTE gear onto the wall behind a cab and then stringing their cables directly into the back of the cab.  I've even proposed once ot BT that I'd give them a cab with a wooden board mouned into it to accomodate their gear, which they refused saying that &quot;it wasn't professional&quot;, and then they came in and tried to wall mount their gear.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bird]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:56:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Server Room Nightmare Challenge (Real-world server room nightmares)]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[im disgusted! even with the image of the after photo just goes to show someone with a little knowledge behind a keyboard does not constitute a technician ( electrician ) with qualifications to install cables.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[stevelp]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:17:00 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ahh!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Rebuilding an IBM server, then?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:14:33 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Server Room Nightmare Challenge (Real-world server room nightmares)]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[3.5 DISKS IS ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jmackeyiii]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:06:09 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Data Center Relocations]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Entertaining - yes.  As a Data Center Reloction/Migration Project Manager I have seen many of these disasters.  Quite often, the customer will not allow for adequate time to perform proper cabling.  As a PM and former IT manager myself, I always recommend that proper time be allocated for this even offering the service to the customer.  However, the customer just doesn't consider it a high priority and the cost to do it right is ALWAYS an unnessary and excessive waste of time and resources.  Really??????]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[blhelm@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:34:28 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Silly String!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Looks like someone had a party]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mike21b@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:59:18 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'D ask  where is the USB connection ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[And  thenb  find it ,  clearout in a less then a minute, just my two sents]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[eternal_life@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:40:24 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Forget Labels try permanent marker pen]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Labels falling off seems to be a given after a couple of years, plus if you have to pull some out through an overcrowded duct or the like...I use permanent marker pens for the cables on the sheath itself. Just choose a colour that contrasts. If you've a really long patch and lots of them then it pays to mark at intervals as well when doing remedial work]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[puntim]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:29:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cable labels that stay]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[So I learned cable management from a big company, and as I have progressed and place I go get smaller, they still seem to be the best practices. Color coding for network or speed is great for fast reference, but when trying to trace a cable through 5 rooms and a lot of conduits, I find my Panduit self laminating cable labels to be indispensable. I keep track as I go on a spreadsheet print out of the record I keep in pencil, and then update when I get a few free moments. Unfortunately that usually means an hour one weekend a month goes into excel, but I can find both ends of a cable in a flash.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[glehr@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:27:28 -0800</pubDate>
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