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13 Cabling Messes That Will Haunt Your Dream

If you don't think wiring can be scary, you've never been in the trenches of a takeover job.

May 10, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

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Yikes!

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Is this cabling or a spider web?

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I call this one the Cascading Waterfall of Cables.

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The never-ending hallway from that nightmare you keep having.

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What, do mice need to travel between these two server racks?

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Don’t touch the computer! It’s a trap!

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Is that a manual stuck in there? I wouldn’t be surprised.

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Needs more green, don’t you think?

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You know you have a problem if you can’t even see the servers anymore.

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The sign reads, “Do not touch any of the wires.”

... If you want to live.

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Just ... why?

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Nothing out of the ordinary in this picture.

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That’s it. Can I wake up now?

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Although we’re living in an increasingly wireless world, cabling is still a major part of every company’s AV and IT technology concerns.

If you’ve ever worked with wiring before, you know how much of a pain it can be to tuck everything away nice and neat in the perfect spot. A lot of employees will take the time to make it look nice. Sometimes, however, you end up living in a cable nightmare.

If you don’t think wiring can be scary, you’ve never been in the trenches of a “takeover job.” You know the type. Your firm is brought in to fix a faulty installation or finish the work another firm wasn’t able to complete. You make your way to the server room and, well, it’s a horrifying mess.

On the dotcom-monitor blog, David Leonhardt lays out these 13 cable messes from server rooms that will haunt any who has entered for months to come.

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