[AusNOG] "Best practice" - guidelines, standards etc?

[Beeson, Ayden]

IF I can dig up a picture or two I'll send them through, but the one thing I will say is Panduit.

>From just the "rack clean-up" point of view, their jacks are modular, the terminations are very solid on both the back and the patch fronts and in general they are a top notch product.

We only use Panduit mini-com modular jacks in house for both fibre and copper terminations (CAT 5/6 + phone ties) and the flexibility you get is great.

Their patch leads are great too, the moulded plugs are rock solid and I've never had one come loose while working around them.

There is a price premium on them though but I think it is well worth it.

As for the underfloor etc. I can't really comment, though I do know Panduit do some good over rack trays (we have used) for some fibre etc. (they are bright yellow though!)

The SAGE group would probably have a lot more to say about the server specific stuff though.

Thanks,
Ayden Beeson


-----Original Message-----
From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Jake Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2013 11:29 AM
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "Best practice" - guidelines, standards etc?

I'd be interested in hearing about what replies you get btw.
You will probably also be referred to the SAGE.au list, might be worth looking in to.

On 11/06/13 10:56, Ross Wheeler wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> 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.
>
> Particular issues would include such things as OH&S requirements,
> best-practice for server/comms/cable racks, server room considerations
> against most risks etc.
>
> Photos of some "well thought out" installations and racks would be
> beneficial.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Anyone got anything they can share?
>
> TIA,
> RossW
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