Im an aspiring Network/Server Admin. How the fuck do you deal

looks fine as long as it works.

>>56340342
You buy proper cabinets and you measure the crawlspaces so you can leave and keep the cables stretched.
Oh and you use fucking CAD to model out the network.

And most important of all.
If the installation came like that and you started working there.
Don't do jack shit if it works it works, don't want to go full FUBAR.

>>56340342
>>56340436
If I went to a new workplace and the server room looked like this, I wouldn't touch anything.
If it works, don't fix it.

>>56340458
if it worked, why did they hire you?

>>56340342
>a metaphor for my coding style

>>56340500
Previous guy retired/died/fired whatever.
Use your imagination

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>>56340342

Does the server ever get offline (servicing, off time or sth?)

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>>56340342
My autism and OCD for symmetry and alignment would trigger me to set myself on fire and jump out of a nearest window.

I can't tolerate messy cables and dirty work spaces.

>>56340342
>yfw you realize that the internet works mainly thanks to fugly hacks

>>56340780
You made my dick hard for no reason, now take responsibility.

>>56340780
Japanese porn is so fucking awful

>>56340342

If I walked in and it looked like that I would not touch a thing.

I would plan ahead and look for opportunities to switch the cluster fuck out bit by bit when the opportunity comes. So I would need to plan ahead what I want the whole final product to look like so when whatever random parts need work I know what that part will need to look like.

>>56340342
>Wouldn't this get you fired?
Obviously not.
Most people who hire networkies just want the shit to work and that's it. Most people aren't networkies themselves. Most people probably wouldn't enter the server closet.
Most people would be befuddled by it all even if it was neat and tidy.

>>56340342
>Im an aspiring Network/Server Admin.
You sick fuck...

>How the fuck do you deal with a complete mess of a server room like this?
Trace out patch runs, Velcro together like runs by path, research every patch end to end and confirm.

Start replacing patches with measured runs during maintenance windows.

>Wouldn't this get you fired?
I wouldn't, no, but I'm also not dumb enough to do this shit. If you think this looks bad at two racks, imagine this kind of shit at scale (100+ racks).

I have fired people for consistently failing to clean up their cabling.

>>56340342
i've seen a lot worse

>>56340780
You got a source m8?

>>56341125
>Start replacing patches with measured runs during maintenance windows.

This. The cable management is already installed in the rack, so all you need to do is start using it.

>>56340342
just check the documentation :^)