A DAY in the LIFE of the DATA CENTRE | FULL CUSTOMER 'RACK & STACK' with ASH & JAMES!

Join Ash & James as they "rack & stack" a full rack for a customer at our data centre.

The full shebang (well, nearly): bolting the rails, racking the servers and switches, cabling... enjoy!

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[omegarhotv]

I watched one video that was randomly suggested to me for this channel. I am now 3 hours deep on this channel and I regret nothing.

[pav]

I work as a remote system administrator... Communicating with our server guys is a daily bread for me, but despite my job... I have never been, phyiscally, in a datacenter. And this line of videos is actually a great learning material for me to be able to picture how my colleagues work, what they do, how the general layoug of DC can look like etc... Thank you! <3

[africanqueen]

The cables bundling is neat and using velcro instead of zip ties is a great idea.

[vitiosus]

They're so confident in their crimping that they don't even need to test the cables before plugging them in. lol Good work fellas!

[nicksenske]

This is probably how Linus thinks his server room looks

[herokatzuki]

I'm apply for a job to work at a data center because your videos helped validated what I want to do! Thank you so much! Interview this week!

[whitcwa]

Once you've determined the first cable length, it makes more sense to go back to the office sit in a nice chair, put on some music and make the rest of the cables. On nice days, I even go outside and catch some sun while making cables. And leave a decent sized service loop!

[random]

Man, after all of that cable management, if you make a mistake on terminating a cable on the server side, you would have to pull out that cable from the bundle. But, your expertise is paying off. Hats off. Shows how well you actually perform your skillset.

[SirWhatthefuckever]

You cut the cables to the exact length to reach the server ports when racked. Presumably, you plan to tuck-in the power cables just as neatly. Looks beautiful, but...
How are you going to slide a server out on the rails now? Must the customer have a unit down, just because a redundant, hot-swap fan needs replacing?

You need some cable-management arms on the back to get the best of both worlds: no hanging, slack cables *and* on-line servers still able to slide out.

[frederikreiff]

This cable managment makes my day better :D

[BunToomo]

Gosh. Was researching datacenter HVAC when this video popped out. Never expected to see the rails from my former workplace to show up here. REPON 2U rails mainly supplied for Supermicro. Worked on it. Good stuff

[martynbush]

I didn't see you test the patch cables. Not even a continuity test. That's confidence for you.

[gasser]

Wire management is fucking orgasmic. Nothing better than seeing some properly managed

[BlitzIn]

I love the Internet. Thank you for making it.

[rnadey]

Good video guys i have racked and design data centers for 40 years i love it keeping things neat and airflow correct. i have walked into data centers that were a total mess. the cage clips there is also the tool you can use to clip in the clips save your fingers and yes it hurts when it slips. Data Centers is my passion.

[radekpastor]

I am doing similiar work but i cannot imagine something like crimping patch-cords on place and use it without any analysis or measurement by testing tools.

[bhattago]

Networking engineer's ASMR :)
Nice trip down the data centre alley..thanks

[martynbush]

I used to spend a good deal of time combining cables to look pretty. Then someone much higher up the food chain pointed out that this encouraged crosstalk and noise on the cables. Now I leave them tangled and use nylon sock to tidy up.

[andydelle]

Great job! One suggestion for you from my bag of tricks. Once you measure out the length from the loom to the server, cut a "reference" length of cable from the box the same length. Now you have a measuring stick so to speak to cut the other sever cables the exact same length exiting the loom. Then the install will then look very neat.

[devinleaman]

As a fellow NOC Engineer, I genuinely enjoy these videos. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this channel.