<div dir="ltr">Anyone else thinking of a TV show "the rack"? just like the block and all the other reno shows, this would be about 'renovating' IT inf.. :D<div><br></div><div style>Seriously though.. I know there are IT.. 'management' (not ICT) companies out there that you can pay to come in and fix everything up, for a large fee, but seems like you want more guidelines than consultancy?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>In my experience well thought out ones don't really differ from racks you see in large DCs, and ironically a lot of racks in large DCs are just as hodge-podge as a home grown mini-DC.. so I'd say the best practices applicable to large DC installations are 99% suited to medium sized IT businesses and their DC room.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I could point you towards a previous employer who has the best 'rack' (sometimes its not even a rack, just a table with IT gear on it, but he still made it work) if you were interested in perhaps a small fee, or hell I'll do the work myself if you don't get anything :)</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Ross Wheeler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ausnog@rossw.net" target="_blank">ausnog@rossw.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi all.<br>
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I've been asked to assist with the redesign of a medium-sized business's IT infrastructure and am looking for any actual standards or guidelines relevant to Australia. The current site is quite a mess, ad-hoc additions and changes over many years and multiple people in charge.<br>
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Particular issues would include such things as OH&S requirements, best-practice for server/comms/cable racks, server room considerations against most risks etc.<br>
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Photos of some "well thought out" installations and racks would be beneficial.<br>
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To be clear, this is not a multi-million dollar datacentre. It's an entity of a couple of hundred staff with perhaps 2 or 3 racks of servers and comms gear, probably one additional enclosure for cable termination, patch etc.<br>
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They want to depart from the old "spaghetti everywhere" environment to something more managable. Suspended floors and rack doors to simply cover the mess up (but leave the underlying problems) are not where they want to be. They're sick of downtime and network instability because the wrong cable has been unplugged, or in accessing one cable another has been dislodged. Of avoidable downtime because nobody can find or follow anything to fix or work around a problem, etc.<br>
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Anyone got anything they can share?<br>
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TIA,<br>
RossW<br>
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