Data center pr0n and Cable management pr0n!!! its our lucky day.

[Oneslowz28]

via http://hacknmod.com/hack/worlds-most...-data-centers/

[Airbozo]

I am an absolute cable neatness freak!

Every time I go to one particular customers site, I can't help myself from cleaning up their cables.

[Oneslowz28]

are you as neat as that last photo?

[Oneslowz28]

and here are some cable messes.

[Airbozo]

are you as neat as that last photo?

This is an example of my latest rack. In this photo it is still unfinished. I will post a finished one later...

[Oneslowz28]

That is tidy

[diluzio91]

and here are some cable messes.

is that a blanket.... wait NOOOOOOOOOOO

well... lets get to work...

[TheMainMan]

Gotta wonder how well that retains heat.... ^
It's nice to see that some people actually care about the aesthetics of cables not just the functionality.

[x88x]

Gotta wonder how well that retains heat.... ^
It's nice to see that some people actually care about the aesthetics of cables not just the functionality.

It's really just as often about functionality as aesthetics. In the case of that 'blanket', sure, it works now...but if anything breaks the amount of time that they'll likely waste trying to find the issue will be exponentially longer than if the cabling were actually managed.

That being said, it's also about aesthetics. I love me a clean rack. ...in retrospect, that could be taken another way...keep your minds out of the gutter damn it!

EDIT:
Looking through the pics in the link....how many of you sysadmins would kill to have this office?

EDIT2:
Anyone who has ever had to work with splitters will understand the true horror of this image:

[dr.walrus]

Oh god I've worked on one like this and it feels like a crime cutting through all those cable ties.

Half an hour later, it feels like a crime that anyone is legally allowed to use that many cable ties in the first place