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    Fake Wall or Wall Closet?

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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @NerdyDad
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      @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.

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      • NerdyDadN
        NerdyDad
        last edited by

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

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @NerdyDad
          last edited by

          @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.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            screen-shot-2015-06-24-at-11-54-41-am.png

            Just have that printed and put on the windows.

            Problem solved.

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            • NerdyDadN
              NerdyDad
              last edited by

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

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22 @NerdyDad
                last edited by 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.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @NerdyDad
                  last edited by

                  @nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

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

                  Because everyone can go to Hawaii, not everyone gets to go into Amazon's Data center. . .

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    Or maybe print this if you prefer the blue lighting.

                    markets-data-center.jpg

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                    • ObsolesceO
                      Obsolesce @DustinB3403
                      last edited by

                      @dustinb3403 said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

                      Or maybe print this if you prefer the blue lighting.

                      markets-data-center.jpg

                      Lol wtf is in those racks?

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @Obsolesce
                        last edited by

                        @tim_g It's the engineering bay of the Starship Enterprise

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver @wirestyle22
                          last edited by

                          @wirestyle22 said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

                          @tim_g It's the engineering bay of the Starship Enterprise

                          I actually think it is from the new one.

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                          • ObsolesceO
                            Obsolesce @wirestyle22
                            last edited by

                            @wirestyle22 said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

                            @tim_g It's the engineering bay of the Starship Enterprise

                            Oh lol that explains it.

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                            • Reid CooperR
                              Reid Cooper @NerdyDad
                              last edited by

                              @nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

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

                              Real data centers want to hide that they are datacenters. Little data closets want to pretend to be more than they are 🙂

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                              • ObsolesceO
                                Obsolesce @NerdyDad
                                last edited by Obsolesce

                                @nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

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

                                0_1516377546792_20180119_095504.jpg

                                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?

                                There's just so much shit on that wall there's really nothing you can do except hang a blanket in front of it all. A short one up top, and another to get hte rest below the ladder.

                                I wouldn't build anything there...

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                                • wirestyle22W
                                  wirestyle22
                                  last edited by

                                  Put a little window in the door that has a picture of a neat closet

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                                  • ObsolesceO
                                    Obsolesce
                                    last edited by

                                    Personally, I'd leave it as is... it's a telecom closet, who cares.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
                                      last edited by

                                      @tim_g said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

                                      @nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

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

                                      0_1516377546792_20180119_095504.jpg

                                      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?

                                      There's just so much shit on that wall there's really nothing you can do except hang a blanket in front of it all. A short one up top, and another to get hte rest below the ladder.

                                      I think the boss' idea was basically a nice blanket. It's really a decent solution. A simple screen that still allows air flow, but dampens some noise and blocks the view.

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                                      • black3dynamiteB
                                        black3dynamite
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                                        http://archive.42u.com/cooling/simplex-data-center-curtains.htm

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                                        • NerdyDadN
                                          NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

                                          @tim_g said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

                                          @nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

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

                                          0_1516377546792_20180119_095504.jpg

                                          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?

                                          There's just so much shit on that wall there's really nothing you can do except hang a blanket in front of it all. A short one up top, and another to get hte rest below the ladder.

                                          I think the boss' idea was basically a nice blanket. It's really a decent solution. A simple screen that still allows air flow, but dampens some noise and blocks the view.

                                          Not really worried about noise as the louder servers are right behind me. The idea here is more for aesthetics than noise. I really don't care. The network is functioning and it is easy access. Like Tim_G said, its a telecom wall. Who cares what it looks like?

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @NerdyDad
                                            last edited by DustinB3403

                                            @nerdydad

                                            Any way we can see how you get into the server room (and if there are windows). With what is provided I don't think anyone can really give you "great advice" for something like this.

                                            The approach of just putting up a curtain is exactly like sweeping the dirt under the rug.

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