Fake Wall or Wall Closet?

NerdyDad

So, this is the telecom wall of my server room.

The CFO wants us to clean up the server room and have it more aesthetically pleasing. We have a plan for the server and switch racks, but this wall is just an eyesore.

I thought about a wall of cabinet doors that is about 6" to 1 foot away from the real wall and would be all open on the inside. The boss shot that down and wants some kind of fabric blind on both sides of the ladder and would fold out to cover the middle. He also wants to throw the logo on the fabric blinds.

Any suggestions?

DustinB3403

@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

Any suggestions?

Tell your CFO to stop giving tours of your server room and focus on saving money for more important things.

NerdyDad

@dustinb3403 said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

Any suggestions?

Tell your CFO to stop giving tours of your server room and focus on saving money for more important things.

He's over IT, so what he says goes.

DustinB3403

@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

@dustinb3403 said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

Any suggestions?

Tell your CFO to stop giving tours of your server room and focus on saving money for more important things.

He's over IT, so what he says goes.

Yeah... so he is IN the IT department. I'm assuming he wants a blind that acts like curtains. . .

NerdyDad

@dustinb3403 said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

@dustinb3403 said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

Any suggestions?

Tell your CFO to stop giving tours of your server room and focus on saving money for more important things.

He's over IT, so what he says goes.

Yeah... so he is IN the IT department. I'm assuming he wants a blind that acts like curtains. . .

He's on IN the IT department, but is in charge of it. He is my boss's boss.

DustinB3403

Does he understand that curtains and what not pose tripping and fire hazards?

I could understand getting some sort of cable management that has your logo on it. But to attempt to hide cables with a curtain is ridiculous.

NerdyDad

That wasn't the CFO's idea. It was the IT Manager's idea.

I am just looking for more ideas.

DustinB3403

@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

That wasn't the CFO's idea. It was the IT Manager's idea.

I am just looking for more ideas.

I'd say find cable management sleeves that you can either have your logo put on (maybe, not sure who would do this) or just basic cable management sleeves in general.

Wrap the corps up and be done with it.

NerdyDad

We are wanting to cover the whole wall. Equipment, cables, everything.

DustinB3403

@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

We are wanting to cover the whole wall. Equipment, cables, everything.

haha.... Is your server room visible to the outside or something?

If so maybe you can have datacenter pictures printed up and put on the inside of the fish tank so it looks like Amazon's Datacenter.

DustinB3403

https://fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-24-at-11-54-41-am.png

Just have that printed and put on the windows.

Problem solved.

NerdyDad

Why don't I just get a mural of Hawaii or something on them?

wirestyle22

@nerdydad I think just cable management in general would clean this up a lot. Get some velcro cable ties and go ham. I personally have to have everything extremely neat. I am OCD about everything I do in relation to that though. I even do specific patch cable colors for specific things, but that's just personal preference.