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Ask Slashdot: Setting Up a System Integration Room At VAR?
o2binbuzios writes "Due to an office move, I have a chance to do a clean-sheet design for an integration room at a fairly large VAR ($100M+ ). I'm looking for some ideas or best practice to support 100-120 square meters (~50 x 30 ft). I'm particularly interested in ideas around efficient workflow, ways to manage cabling and electrical, and 'environmental' solutions that make it a pleasant place to work. There will be a central bench with 6-8 stations (3-4 per side) with engineers and techs who may be configuring stacks of up to 10 devices at a time that could range from servers, to network elements, to SAN & NAS devices and more. I've been looking for a paper that seems like it must exist — but I'm happy to gather good ideas one at a time or in bunches here on Slashdot."
I've worked in IT my entire adult life and I have fucking acronyms.
You should probably get that checked out.
'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF
So you're in charge of a $100m project, and you're asking random people on the internet for advice. God, I wish I was your boss.
Otherwise your Discrete Interface Control Knob might fall off.