If a home lab is for tinkering, it’s something to play with first of all, but it also helps facilitate re-patching things or moving things around, which in many

If a home lab is for tinkering, it’s something to play with first of all, but it also helps facilitate re-patching things or moving things around, which in many cases you can do one port/cable at a time without interrupting services. I once moved a server from one room to another by moving its redundant power cables one at a time to a UPS on a cart, then swapping its short network cables for longer ones one a time, wheeling the thing to the other room, then “reversing” the procedure in the new location. Zero downtime! Zero point really, but fun in the way I reckon a home lab is meant to be.