August 27, 2005

How to deal with Cable Trays in a Computer Lab

A few years ago, I worked for Microsoft as a Lab Manager. I took care of the hardware while the developers used these machines for testing their new code. A key issue is to be able to reconfigure the hardware as quickly as possible. Since this is not a static "installation", overhead cable trays are the best thing to use -- you can move networking cables and fibre from rack to rack quickly. The issue is that these trays are eight feet off the floor. The solution -- drywall stilts. Here is a photo of me in my previous incarnation as computer geek:
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Posted by DaveH at August 27, 2005 9:01 PM