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20 years ago I was working in a data center and crossed through an empty rack instead of walking around to the other side. What I didn't notice is that there wa
by jeffrallen 2y ago
20 years ago I was working in a data center and crossed through an empty rack instead of walking around to the other side. What I didn't notice is that there was something dark mounted at position 35 or so, which blended in with the top of the rack. I hit my head on it and damn near knocked myself out. Had to sit down until the stars cleared from my eyes.
I now have a greenhouse with a narrow aluminum door. Every time I pass through it I look up expecting to hit my head.
Racks in my house? DO NOT WANT. :)
- bombcar 2y agoI learned a similar lesson from the black crossbar at the bottom (over the black floor). Luckily I didn’t grab the network cable on the way down!
- jeffrallen 2y agoGrab the orange fibers not the yellow ones. They are thicker and hold more weight before snapping. :)
- bombcar 2y agoI learned to go for the big black cables. They’re power, strong, and (usually) redundant. And if you killed the rack? Ah, well, just monkeytesting showing a configuration error. (Bombcar’s law: any dual powered rack will have one critical component that is powered from one rail only.)
- sam_goody 2y ago> Bombcar’s law OT, but I saw the electrical plans for a hospital. In theory, every life saving device has at least two potential power sources, and each source has both a generator (for long outages) and battery backup (for blips). In practice, we hope there are no earthquakes.