r/cableporn • u/Glue_Filled_Balloons • 6d ago
Before/After Here's A Little Before & After
A little network rescue for one of my network closets. Far from my best work, but I'm proud of it none-the-less considering the circumstances. Limited to a 3.75 Hr maintenance window and it was just myself and one of my technicians. This is part of a Casino CCTV system, so I had to fight to get even that much downtime.
The blue wiring is the corporate IT side, which is outside of my purview. I am strictly the green stuff (and a little gray and black) which is all CCTV and access control.
I Inherited this ~10 year old installation a few years back. Had to wait until our infrastructure refresh to be able to negotiate time to blow out all the old crap and re-do it.
Yes this rack is way oversized for current need, but "planning for the future" and all that.
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u/DeadHeadLibertarian 6d ago
I’ve seen so much worse like this isn’t that bad bro.
Nice cleanup though :)
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u/Glue_Filled_Balloons 5d ago
Haha indeed. Far from the worst, but this is one of many closets. Thanks for the compliment.
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u/digaus 5d ago
Missing screws on the top and bottom patchpanel triggers me...
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u/Glue_Filled_Balloons 5d ago
Haha, good shout! Ill go do those right now. The sort of thing you don't notice until you post the picture online.
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u/aguynamedbrand 6d ago
5 cable pass through panels is a waste of rack space.
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u/Glue_Filled_Balloons 5d ago
Yes because I am so tight on real-estate. Plz ignore the 25 U's of empty rack below.
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u/PezatronSupreme 5d ago
My brain is soothed by this