Server Room Makeover

Our server room, which is actually more of a closet, just got a nice makeover to allow for future enhancements specifically our new email server.

Background: Up until now we have been purchasing tower servers because we didn't have a rack to put them in. Needless to say the floor of our server room is getting pretty crowded. We have ample square footage in the room but it is an odd shape. The area is about 30ft. long by 4 ft. wide which makes it a little difficult to navigate during an emergency. We had cables and crickets everywhere you stepped. If anything ever needed to be moved it took what seemed like an eternity to navigate the rat's nest and figure out what you were unplugging.

Since we needed to order a new server for our new email solution I decided to make the jump and go rack mountable. I had extra money left over because we didn't need as much disk space on the new server so we purchased an open 4-post rack. Now we have the ability to implement new hardware without taking up anymore floor space. It has also organized our room much more and I don't have to stand on my head to access the phone blocks.

I would like to note that the majority of the cables that you see are for our security camera system all of the other cables are bundled nicely and can be easily identified.

During this makeover I was able to remove 3 extension cords, 3 power strips and a myriad of other junk that has been there longer than anyone can remember.

Bring on the new server(s)!