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by monstermunch 1037 days ago
The reason its arranged like that is because it started as 1 switch and 1 patch panel, and slowly evolved, so its not ideal, but I am fairly happy with the outcome

If I could re-rack it all, I might make some changes. But that means turning everything off, and I'm not sure when, if ever, I want to do that
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petesergeant 1037 days ago
> But that means turning everything off, and I'm not sure when, if ever, I want to do that

Decent robustness check

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sponaugle 1036 days ago
Great setup!

When I put together my own home setup (see https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeDataCenter/comments/ktz6yo/my_s... )

I had the patch panels above a collection of switches in both the MDF and IDF closet. About a year in I rearranged it to the more common interleaved switches and panels, mostly just to make it look a bit cleaner.

I moved from 10g to 40g for switch interconnects in a few places, as well as used the fiber I installed to do 10g to most of the desktops, etc. Fun stuff for sure!

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