[tech] Switches and hubs...

[Simon Fryer]

Bingle

> A while ago Mark Tearle tapped:

> Yes, entropy has caught up with the machine room again.

The machne room will always have a high degree of entropy. If someone can show 
me a machine room that lacks entropy - anywhere - then I will be impressed. 

> - Rebuilding the racks, maybe a third party rack for *.rcpt.to and ziggy?

This is always done. Maybe arrange it so that PC's are not stacked on top of 
eachother. This will make repairing and upgrading them a lot easier. 

> - Preparations for sensible power (tm)

This will become an eventuality some day - but the people installing it are 
likely to need a lot of access to the machien room.  I forsee much uphevall
and downtime when the power is finally installed. I would also imagine 
that the machine room will be reoptimised several times between now and then. 

> - some network cabling

An excellent idea. 

> - placement of tape drives, etc

Similarly excellent. 

See Ya
Simon

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