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Took a photo of my server rack cabling 6 months ago vs today... yikes
I dug up an old pic from when I first built it out and the zip ties were a total birds nest, but after swapping to velcro straps and re-routing everything last week it actually looks clean now. Has anyone else had that moment where you look back at your old work and wonder what you were thinking?
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ryan_barnes1mo ago
Snip snip snip baby, that's the ONLY way to go. Felt like a surgeon freeing a tangled mess and it was SO cathartic.
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kelly.charlie1mo ago
That velcro swap is a total game changer, but let me ask you this - when you look at that old birds nest, can you even trace individual cables back to their ports without tracing them with your finger? I had a similar rude awakening when I tried to swap a switch and realized half my tidy-looking runs were just hiding behind the rack posts, all tangled underneath. Did you actually untie every zip tie or did you just snip them all and start fresh? I spent a whole Saturday afternoon cutting off like 40 zip ties and it felt like I was freeing a trapped animal from plastic six-pack rings.
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