lol We're not dealing with seasoned or professional Datacenter specialists here. There are best practices for patching equipment on cage racks and these boys didn't see any of those videos.
@@gemma375 I would be fired if I wired like that. My company demands professionalism. I had all the wires properly organized, but I had wire ties spaced a bit unevenly (by fractions of an inch). I was yelled at for not making it look perfect. Didn’t have to move any wires, but I had to cut a few wire ties and put new ones on. Craftsmanship no matter what.
@@kenconnelly773 The difference is you're not the owner and founder of the company who's cables you fucked up. I think if Linus says "Eh, good enough" no one is going to fight him on it. At least not on something like cable management.
Do you remember the good old days when linus was in NCIX? But now he is the boss and he can finally break anything without caring about implications...
Bitter Raven not everyone is organized. I think they have gotten better since the house they started in. that looked worse than most college kids houses.
The level of server-level incompetence is staggering, I love these vids because they show a company coming from pc hardware growning up and learning all the basics about server stuff on their own in little baby steps. The honesty and openness about it is great. It did make me wanna jump in from the first move video's to talk about the server room..must..restrain...myself...not..my...problem.
He does? Seems like a contractor (maybe just a friend) to me. And one of questionable competence based on what's usually happening in that server room.
No kidding Daniele. When you wind up needing that many power outlets it's time to ditch those janky strips for a real solution. Go to the nearest hardware store that sells electrical supplies. Get a bench strip that is as long as the rack is tall. Mount that on the back of the rack, it's ok to use tape as long as it's strong tape that can hold some weight (like duck tape). Also get a box of single outlet receptacles and a small spool of 110V household wire. On the back of each receptacle are two sets of holes with teeth in them, all you have to do to expand the strip is strip back wire about half an inch and push it in, do a tug test to make sure the teeth bit down. Ethernet wire however drives me mad. If you try to organize it, you have to stick with it and use velcro straps or something else that can be pulled apart and stuck back together repeatedly. Personally I use garbage ties since they area readily available everywhere and easy to disassemble and reassemble. Just don't forget you do need to let the cable air cool, your pushing a lot of data through it so sticking it through a plastic tube is a recipe for ethernet cords burning out at random times when you really need them to work.
Agreed about the UTP cables Alan, that really bothered me when I took the first glance at this video. It only got worse after he mentioned that the documentation on it was lost due to a failure to archive something on paper properly. I've seen a few messy server in my time and some were a bigger mess with cables in the room but usually there was at least basic documentation on what was originally planned and then not updated, here it seems even the original plan was lost. Just deciding on a colour coding scheme defining them by cable going from switch to x device makes it already a lot easier to trace what is what. The next basic requirement would be making a proper plan, documenting it and keeping it up to date as changes are made to the configuration. Beyond that proper cable management in some way is desirable. And the electrical mess, well damn that was all kinds of wrong. All tangled, wrong way to wire it up, substandard equipment quality. When dealing with server gear of that value its a terrible idea to not spend at least some money and time on getting the wiring halfway up to a functional level and preferably follow your local electrical code requirements. In European electrical norms these would be some gross violations that could end up being a major problem especially if something go wrong. I'm sure there's no way that "design and plan" would pass the regulations that are in place there. What if a fire happens and it started in the server room? Will insurance be paid out? What if a short in there takes out some of the server gear, if its covered under insurance/warranty I bet it'll lead to the same issues.
and its not like it was the first 10 min of a 20 min video of cable management and everything he tries to get these series to drag out as much as possible and its annoying
Now this is something I would love to do even just as an intern to get valuable experience. I love the physical aspect of working on the hardware and learning as I go.
Yeah, it's supposed to be funny, not "professional". I mean... Just watch any of their videos and you'll realise there's a right way to do stuff... And then there's the LTT way....
Running a $60,000 server on... a $2 power strip. *shakes head* Invest a (relative) handful of dollars into proper managed PDUs and use the proper power redundancy many of your servers come with.
Actually happens at literally every company that has equipment, whether it's a cheap laptop or something like a 3Par controller part of a 15 million USD system with data on it worth much more (true story, it fell btw).
Reminds you of Tony Stark, doesn't it? -(He balances a PARTICLE ACCELERATOR on piles of paper, chunks of bricks he blew out of the wall, and a vibranium shield in Iron Man 2.)-
I'm a data technician and I can assure you that this kind of stuff is very common. This isn't anything compared to what I've seen in banks, colleges, warehouses, or factories. I've seen service loops from in use wires pulled out of the ceiling and tied up to hold up a ups that was attached to the rack with drywall screws. Note the ups was at the very top of the rack.
John Abell I want to jump into your career but I am an 18 year old high school graduate with only electrical experience. What would be the best way for me to start off in this profession?
these are my favorite kinds of videos. I started watching ltt from the moving vlogs and even though I occasionally watch some of the scripted stuff, nothing compares to off-the-cuff videos like these.
00:02:14 that moment when everything goes quiet in the server room. I've actually seen this happen live, in a real 'DC' (Place I worked with their own server room on site... had extension cable/unit on the floor and someone stood on the switch...). That quiet sound, is horrible.
That server room is a great example of "There's no such thing as a temporary solution." Those dollar store power bars were (hopefully) there to just test everything, but then they became semi-permanent solutions until now.
@katarjin I had the same question when I started as a school tech 2 years ago. Long story short, cozy up to the higher-level techs and ask them for work they don't want to do. You get experience and skills and they get the results of your labor. Don't fight them for credit though, that's how you get ostracized and never promoted.
Pro-Tip. Don't blow compressed air THROUGH a switch or other enclosed device. Server-room dust can be CONDUCTIVE. It will relocate into little nooks and make a contact bridge where things fry! Oh dear, I lost two switches this way until I figured out I need to VACUUM. Open the switch and always vacuum! This is for PCs and servers too!
That main cable has the potential to push 220v easily. Which is what feeds to your house anyway. As long as the breaker holds up, that wattage/voltage can pretty much easily hit that with that one cable.
Also, i don't think that a cabinet full of batteries in a tiny closed space under a wood staircase near a server rack that produces a lot of heat is a good idea...
Wow! Just found this review and I’m a bit surprised on how far you let the server room go without having it “ cleaned up”. I only discovered your channel a few months ago when I was doing some research. I find your reviews to be entertaining and informative. But as a retired tech I couldn’t understand why the heck you didn’t have a master plan put in place at the beginning of your business. That said I can fully understand your situation. You’re always running at full speed. But I’m happy to see that you’re making a real effort to put things right. Can’t remember having so much fun seeing someone work that loves his work so much. Great job!
As a limited energy journeymen technician I say "For GODS sake put a label on something!" Makes plug and play alot easier. I cant wait to see you put it all back together!
This is a very small reminder of a project I once did: re-organize the patching between patch panels and switching racks in a fairly small computerroom. Had to upgrade the switching gear, too, replacing ‘monolytic’ switches with modular ones. Some cable salad was 50 cm thick and occupied all the space below the false floor. We did it in 3 changes (ITIL) and replaced exactly 20 km of patch cables. It was high profile and risk, but good fun. Conclusion: it pays off to have a good and strickt methodology with *everything* in your conputer room. It really does, all the time.
Honestly if you can't get a series out faster than once every 2 weeks to 2 months then don't make any. Hope this isn't another one of those.... Whole water room cooling, Scrapyard Wars, and Moving Vlogs are different stories I'm talking about Office Redesign and Linus' Personal PC build. (UPDATE if you don't read replies: I get the whole idea of supporting LTT and getting benefits like watching videos early by paying for Floatplane. However, it's really annoying to those of us who don't or simply can't pay to get those videos earlier and we have to wait random unpredictable amounts of time until one day they might show up in our sub boxes. Not trying to sound like a cry baby but, a company of this size should have scheduling ALMOST perfected and not completely neglected.)
I get the whole idea of supporting LTT and getting benefits like watching videos early but, it's really annoying to those of us who don't or simply can't pay to get those videos earlier and we have to wait random unpredictable amounts of time until one day they might show up in our sub boxes. Not trying to sound like a cry baby but, a company of this size should have scheduling ALMOST perfected and not completely neglected.
It's like an episode of Hoarders: Cable Management Edition. Sadly, cable management isn't something you do one time, but have to create an active policy that dictates how cables are routed every time something new is added.
In our server/comms room at a large data center, we mounted 110 blocks on backboard, permanant cabling from servers, switches, and routers as well as work stations, then use cat5 or cat 6 cross connect wire. Much more flexible than patch panels. Never touch the perm wiring, all done at backboard.
That is _exactly_ what I thought when the camera panned down to the floor behind the rack after the "oops" moment. Linus is a smart guy and knows TONS about desktop/gaming PC's, but many times he doesn't seem to know when to call the experts on the enterprise stuff. He's learning though ... but that would be an incredibly painful and expensive lesson to learn the hard way. YIKES brah!
I dont get why if these companies send Linus all this free shit in the first place, Why dont they send people out to Install the enterprise grade stuff so that Linus can spend less time worrying about and then ignoring key wiring problems and actually increase the productivity of the company and use the servers and computers for what there actually for.
That's actually quite simple. First off; the free articles are not too expensive to give away, and with Linus showing them off, people will probably buy more enterprise grade stuff because it works better. Just one or two people have to do that and the company is back in black numbers. Sending a technician would increase that cost significantly, as they would charge travel fees, hourly wages et cetera. Secondly; Linus can now do two videos instead of one. He can do a review on the stuff and on the building process. This is actually a miniseries, resulting in more videos, resulting in more people seeing the videos, resulting in more revenue. And that is of course what Linus is after.
-It looks like when I was a young man starting out in IT ... LOL -I worked in the IT of the largest control tower in the southern hemisphere, and with tiny teams we organized the Data Center much more and there could not stop everything to organize, oh easy, because without being able to stop everything from more work. -1º -Take a big holiday or weekend when no one is working, turn everything off and disassemble everything from the hack including cabling (identify with everything that is not changed with tags) and electrical part. -2º -Clean everything that goes in the hack and himself as well as the room. -3rd redo organized and within the norms of structured cabling using all the tools you can to organize (channels, adapters and cable guides), or even homemade solutions such as tapes, Velcro, etc ... -4º Assemble the electrical part, with the wires and everything in the right places and properly fixed. -5th Place the equipment in the rack in the correct positions. -6º Reconnect the electrical network cables and etc. in the equipment and check everything. -7º Reconnect everything and test. -Tip to fix without killing by nailing things on the wall: -Double-sided tape, double-sided Velcro (certainly loosens easier than nails). -In 3 of these racks that I set up to relocate my equipment and servers from 4 different rooms into the Datacenter, it was a week working alone but I did, 15 servers in many different. -That's why at that time I was an electronics and automation technician without formal IT training. -Now after CCNA and JNCIA I am even more methodical.
Basically Linus doesn't do anything anymore unless it's sponsored and there is no future planing because it's all done when it turns into a problem. That pretty much describes how the server room turned into the disaster that it is. We need power bars, is there a company that will send us $500 power bars for free while we do a review on them? No, okay then, to the dollar store.
There's no reason to buy more expensive power bars, power bars are simple in construction regardless, and they already have surge protection through their UPS, so powerbars work just fine, biggest difference between cheapo power bars and industrial ones is just mounting solutions.
Robb hus to clarity, because the world is full of idiots, this person is saying expensive power bars with great surge protectors aren't really necessary because they have the an expensive enterprise UPS conditioning the power supplied to those strips. If you are plugging directly into the wall you still need a decent power strip with surge protection. If you are plugging into a consumer UPS I would still recommend a power strip with a decent surge protector but that is a just in case.
i mean when you run a business the size of his you can go out and spend your money how you want. i dont think any ceo is going to deny a sponsorship to fix their own equipment.
I like the way you were cleaning the PC fans, GOOD JOB, it is best to make sure the fins of the fan do not spin. Keep the fins in place while using canned air or the vacuum/duster to prevent damage and make it easier to remove the dust.
Why don't you guys take advantage of the height of the server room, you can run wires through to the top if done properly, and it will keep wires off the floor. You can also mount UPS's through the walls as well, and just use the racks for other things. This will conserve space.
In California we would call your server room an OSHA violation. The cable management in my wiring closets and server room is worse than yours (by far) but 1) I inherited the mess and 2) mine isn’t about to catch fire.
Before retiring I worked for USPS as a technician in an area with 4 large flat sorting machines (125ft long, 24ft wide and 16ft high. At the front of each machine was a wack with 7ea dual zeon processor rack mounted image servers. Each server had a bank of whiney fans trying to blast air so they wouldn't melt, Xeon cpu's generated a lot of heat back in 2006 and stuffing it all into a 1U case did not help. There were doors front and back that did a great job of turning the cabinets into ovens. their was a bank of high speed fans at the base of these cabinets that were supposed to move enough air to keep everything happy but it wasn't nearly enough air. When i came on shift at 1430 I'd go around and check each machine and I'd open the front and back doors about 3" to help the air escape and that lowered the internal temperature of the computers significantly . The problem is the day crew's boss had a bug up his ass about keeping the doors shut and locked lest nefarious workers tamper with the computers. I tried to explain the problem to him but he said no way. He said those cabinets don't get at all hot and I told him that was because the first thing your guys do is shut every thing down so they can do daily PM on the machines and didn't fire them back up til about a half hour before my shift started (we actively ran mail form about 1500 to 0600 the next morning). Machines that are off do mot generate heat - he just looked at me and blinked. BTW our back server room which had dozens of racks filled with computers and two high capacity AC cabinets the doors on the servers were all missing and I don't they were ever there. Being a practical guy I found out where they hid the keys to all the doors (all keyed alike) and I threw them all out except for the one on my key chain - he went absolutely ballistic but could never prove it was me. he then wanted to mechanically seal the cases which would make working on the computers VERY hard. I solved that by taking the doors off and hiding them in the basement, he vowed to find the guy who did this and fire him, Two years later when I retired the doors were still where I hid them, the computers were happy, and that boss had been moved to a job where he couldn't do as much damage. The PO had some great people working on the floor, they cared deeply about the mail and recognized how important it was to get millions of peices of mail through the machines and out on their way. Some of the managers were just unbelievably dense and their actions could and did delay mail movement.
You commented briefly about reliability problems with long USB cables. We had this problem at work and it turned out to be USB cables that did not meet the specification, specifically the cable shield (screen) not being connected properly at both ends. Slightly less budget cables from the same supplier turned out to be correctly made and hence more reliable.
Omg... I spent the better part of the day re-wiring and shifting my workstation (Corsair 540 + 740 cases + iMac 5K), 3x UPSes, 2x Synology NASes (total 40TB), Predator X34 etc etc... and I thought my wiring was bad!! Holy hell Linus... isn't that a fire hazard??
Never realized you were Canadian... The snow was a dead giveaway though. Glad to have such amazing content creators in such a beautiful country. Keep up with the amazing posts LMG!
I didn't realize they were Canadian until after I moved to Canada from the states and started recognizing all the locations in their videos. Turns out I pass by their office every day. Also, it was balls cold here last winter. (At least for Vancouver.)
I'm studying to become an IT-supporter, and it's so fun to see how this is my first time seeing a company using cisco devices(I study cisco certificates)
the jank is truly impressive. my home server setup (when it gets done) will be a mix of my old desktops and anything that can be run on a pi - the difference between this and lmg's old setup as shown in this vid is the price of the components
Hrm, not sure about there, but around here there are yearly inspections from the local Fire Department Marshals office for every business... Those power strips into power strips would have netted you a nasty fine and immediate shut-down of utility power till corrected. Please pay more attention and take 5 minutes out of your day to keep things "tidy". As for all the dust! Thought the room was on a dedicated HVAC system with its own filtration? Consider buying an air filtration system specifically for that room, and that is over-sized to compensate?
Good call on the Ubiquity Access points. My company struggled with wireless internet until I installed a couple of those puppies. Been smooth sailing ever since.
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Once you get to a certain point it gets easier to get a spool of cable then cut and crimp your own cables to exactly to the lengths you need. It also makes it easier for cable management when you have exact length cables and not ones that are too long.
Once you get to a point slightly beyond that, it becomes stupid and labour intensive to do that instead of the *cheaper* option of buying ones of the correct length. Now, I have done this at home because screw waiting for packages with the cables or keeping a big stock of them.
Takes secs to make a cable, I've made thousands of them. Most labor intensive part is working out the length you need then later doing the cable management to keep it tidy, making the cables themselves is quick and easy.
A tip for using air to clean it out; Consider attaching an extra water separator before the outlet which also has pressure adjustment (lowest possible pressure to get the job done). And use a wire to jam the fan blades - spinning them to crazy speeds with compressed air gives a funny sound, but probably forces dust in and dries out the bearings, it's never a good idea. (Linus does it in the video) My 2 cents...
If you watched the video released 2 days ago about Linus's watercooled server, you will notice you get a short peek at the finished server room (or near finished server room since we all know Linus likes to keep upgrading). But I am glad we finally get to see the work put in behind it.
I've only just started watching this and don't have a clue what strategy you plan to use, but when I'm faced with a mess like this I find it easiest, most efficient and the least chance of screwing up when I just remove everything and rebuild from the bottom up.
The datacenter I work for has all their cables labeled, so we have the rack, switch or PDU, and port numbers on every power cable and Ethernet cable, then route everything in bundles along the side of the rack.
Taran.... that green screen idea when linus said he lies... brilliant.
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the subtle inserts you know are taran's doing. brilliant.
Totally agree... I would have liked it better if it was like a walk in.. but this works too..
And .... Smokin! :D
So Linus needs a push from sponsors to fix his WAN show PC and tidy up his server room
dbrand if you're listening scrapyard wars pls
Audie Liem No, whenever he needs to upgrade things or purchase them he contacts companies to provide the products for free and he'll give a shoutout.
Haha! So true.
It's the other way around actually. For the server room, it was probably him reaching out to sponsors instead of them reaching out to him.
Bitwit vs linus vs luke vs austin
If he had gotten condom ads, he wouldn't have gotten vasectomy.
_Saw the ethernet spaghetti_ - "That's not quite a disaster. I've seen worse."
_Saw the power cable management_ - "Holy mother of god!"
lol We're not dealing with seasoned or professional Datacenter specialists here. There are best practices for patching equipment on cage racks and these boys didn't see any of those videos.
@@gemma375 I would be fired if I wired like that. My company demands professionalism. I had all the wires properly organized, but I had wire ties spaced a bit unevenly (by fractions of an inch). I was yelled at for not making it look perfect. Didn’t have to move any wires, but I had to cut a few wire ties and put new ones on. Craftsmanship no matter what.
@@kenconnelly773 The difference is you're not the owner and founder of the company who's cables you fucked up. I think if Linus says "Eh, good enough" no one is going to fight him on it. At least not on something like cable management.
I’m saying right now. They need a sub panel to deal with THAT. It will be a major if you blow a breaker.
Do you remember the good old days when linus was in NCIX?
But now he is the boss and he can finally break anything without caring about implications...
Linus seems to run everything like a old early 90's computer repair store... cables and crap laying around everywhere
Bitter Raven makes it feel real comfy tho
Bitter Raven not everyone is organized. I think they have gotten better since the house they started in. that looked worse than most college kids houses.
I like it that way.
i belive, i hear somewhere thar he´s missing toes or something and he cannot use normal shoes but i could be wrong
The level of server-level incompetence is staggering, I love these vids because they show a company coming from pc hardware growning up and learning all the basics about server stuff on their own in little baby steps. The honesty and openness about it is great. It did make me wanna jump in from the first move video's to talk about the server room..must..restrain...myself...not..my...problem.
nothing screams louder than a suddenly silent server room
Loving the editing. Well done, Taran
Lennart Meinke Taran needs a raise
SUH MOKING
#LansOutForTaran
Lennart Meinke agreed
I think it shows that Taran likes looking at himself too much so he added more of himself to the video.
That is what happens when you have bad cable management? More like that is what happens when you are clumsy and waddle around in sandals.
He has an IT guy on payroll. There's no excuse when his entire company literally lives in that tiny room.
got em
He does? Seems like a contractor (maybe just a friend) to me. And one of questionable competence based on what's usually happening in that server room.
No kidding Daniele. When you wind up needing that many power outlets it's time to ditch those janky strips for a real solution. Go to the nearest hardware store that sells electrical supplies. Get a bench strip that is as long as the rack is tall. Mount that on the back of the rack, it's ok to use tape as long as it's strong tape that can hold some weight (like duck tape). Also get a box of single outlet receptacles and a small spool of 110V household wire. On the back of each receptacle are two sets of holes with teeth in them, all you have to do to expand the strip is strip back wire about half an inch and push it in, do a tug test to make sure the teeth bit down.
Ethernet wire however drives me mad. If you try to organize it, you have to stick with it and use velcro straps or something else that can be pulled apart and stuck back together repeatedly. Personally I use garbage ties since they area readily available everywhere and easy to disassemble and reassemble. Just don't forget you do need to let the cable air cool, your pushing a lot of data through it so sticking it through a plastic tube is a recipe for ethernet cords burning out at random times when you really need them to work.
Agreed about the UTP cables Alan, that really bothered me when I took the first glance at this video. It only got worse after he mentioned that the documentation on it was lost due to a failure to archive something on paper properly. I've seen a few messy server in my time and some were a bigger mess with cables in the room but usually there was at least basic documentation on what was originally planned and then not updated, here it seems even the original plan was lost.
Just deciding on a colour coding scheme defining them by cable going from switch to x device makes it already a lot easier to trace what is what. The next basic requirement would be making a proper plan, documenting it and keeping it up to date as changes are made to the configuration. Beyond that proper cable management in some way is desirable.
And the electrical mess, well damn that was all kinds of wrong. All tangled, wrong way to wire it up, substandard equipment quality. When dealing with server gear of that value its a terrible idea to not spend at least some money and time on getting the wiring halfway up to a functional level and preferably follow your local electrical code requirements.
In European electrical norms these would be some gross violations that could end up being a major problem especially if something go wrong. I'm sure there's no way that "design and plan" would pass the regulations that are in place there. What if a fire happens and it started in the server room? Will insurance be paid out? What if a short in there takes out some of the server gear, if its covered under insurance/warranty I bet it'll lead to the same issues.
as an electrical engineer i can confidentaly say that all of those power squids are a serious firehazard
Definetely!
Banzai that room is fireproof
@@TactileSZN its soundproof not fireproof
SyazTYT's other uploads the lining is actually fireproof
@@josesolisrosales Just install a sprinkler system
So today I spent 10 minutes watching two dudes clean a room
for reasons
and its not like it was the first 10 min of a 20 min video of cable management and everything he tries to get these series to drag out as much as possible and its annoying
Best Cleaning video EVAR! (yes i did that on purpose)
Lol, this wasn't clickbait
You didn't checked the thumbnail ?
why is linus holding ables clickbait
9:00 Taran I love you. xD the editing is awesome
Demitri That mask reference killed me.
Now this is something I would love to do even just as an intern to get valuable experience. I love the physical aspect of working on the hardware and learning as I go.
Will you be upgrading the server cabinet with RGB lighting strips?
TheDrunkenAlcoholic You guessed correctly. All parts are already out on Floatplane club
its not a gaming cabinet, so no RGB :(
But he should put flame stickers on it so the servers will be faster...
And RGB ethernet cables. And RGB power strips. And RGB floor. Hmn, that last one could be pretty cool, actually.
They have to install the whole server in some kind of gaming-server-case aswell so it gets even faster than it will with rgb stripes etc
Loving the new Taran pop ins!
they're very unprofessional. just ltt is shit.
Jack Ryan since when was LTT a professional and mature show?
Yeah, it's supposed to be funny, not "professional". I mean... Just watch any of their videos and you'll realise there's a right way to do stuff... And then there's the LTT way....
Jack Ryan nobody cares about your opinion, especially if you ever though ltt was professional
Being unprofessional is part of their charm and why we like them. That same charm (or lack therof) is why the Newegg channel sucks now.
Taran had too much fun with editing this video
You don't say that part was so unnessecary.
Fun fact, it was Pelle who edited this.
And he had the green screen video of you already recorded?
WORT WORT WORT
Hha
Running a $60,000 server on... a $2 power strip. *shakes head* Invest a (relative) handful of dollars into proper managed PDUs and use the proper power redundancy many of your servers come with.
Well he uses a ups so it isn't bad. Most likely has power surge protection built in, although those power squids are a fire hazard
I couldn't agree more I could tell anyone nightmares about people not understanding about UPS systems in a state with lots of power surges..
When the video said disaster, I thought the Watercooled Server sprung a leak.
Shiftyeyesshady same
Exactly this.
don't worry thats the episode after the petabyte is done
I think they recorded this before even making the water-cooled server rack.
Remove disaster.
9:04
only linus would balance multi-thousand dollar servers on a plastic garbage bin.
Actually happens at literally every company that has equipment, whether it's a cheap laptop or something like a 3Par controller part of a 15 million USD system with data on it worth much more (true story, it fell btw).
You don't know any sysadmins, do you? ;-p
Reminds you of Tony Stark, doesn't it?
-(He balances a PARTICLE ACCELERATOR on piles of paper, chunks of bricks he blew out of the wall, and a vibranium shield in Iron Man 2.)-
I'm a data technician and I can assure you that this kind of stuff is very common. This isn't anything compared to what I've seen in banks, colleges, warehouses, or factories. I've seen service loops from in use wires pulled out of the ceiling and tied up to hold up a ups that was attached to the rack with drywall screws. Note the ups was at the very top of the rack.
John Abell I want to jump into your career but I am an 18 year old high school graduate with only electrical experience. What would be the best way for me to start off in this profession?
these are my favorite kinds of videos. I started watching ltt from the moving vlogs and even though I occasionally watch some of the scripted stuff, nothing compares to off-the-cuff videos like these.
stan res same
Yeah! Remember the "whole office external water cooling" videos? The system was shit and a waste but the videos were awesome!
yea i loved the big move
Make the server room great again.
#ServerLivesMatter
Dude.. the server room have never been great...
build a firewall! #makeserverroomgreatagain
Ben Quigley stop the ubantu from invading
Vintium Ignoring the server room is same as ignoring you own health. That room is the lifeblood of the company
"do the editors need internet?"
"not anymore"
*my Internet goes out*
lmao
we still want scrapyard wars Linus, ffs
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aural sex
happy
What
idk he probably means oral and cant spell
He said on Wan Show they they will be doing another one this year. Just be patient.
MAN i love these videos, i'd pay for a vlog channel. common!!!
come on !
Agreed
00:02:14 that moment when everything goes quiet in the server room.
I've actually seen this happen live, in a real 'DC' (Place I worked with their own server room on site... had extension cable/unit on the floor and someone stood on the switch...).
That quiet sound, is horrible.
In Germany we call this Kabelsalat. Cable salad.
hey ein deustcher hier oder? :D
Denke nicht nur einer... :-D
Nope nicht nur einer
Haha hier auch >.>
Auch xD
The Taran meme level has increased to over 9000%
I’ve never been on this channel before. I don’t know what any of this stuff is or what it does. But I watched the entire thing because satisfaction.
cda?
Taran is on point this week.
Luke Humphries Who's Taran?
Stormgasher C. you mean he ia the best editor
Luke Humphries he really is
I wish my server room had 56 herbs and spices... It's just full of salt after seeing your setup 😂
I wish I had a server room
I wish I had a room
I wish i had something
I have a server room the same size, but currently there is only a 20 port switch in it, with 1 port used..
That server room is a great example of "There's no such thing as a temporary solution." Those dollar store power bars were (hopefully) there to just test everything, but then they became semi-permanent solutions until now.
Also he is super confident about there being no moisture in that compressed air line.
Wow, Linus. As a data center tech I have been able to discover whole new levels of disappointment thanks to this video haha.
He's practically a joke on /r/sysadmin at this point.
How would someone who just started his IT career (8 months as a school tech) move towards that kind of thing?
/r/techsupportgore is very critical about his new videos
@katarjin I had the same question when I started as a school tech 2 years ago. Long story short, cozy up to the higher-level techs and ask them for work they don't want to do. You get experience and skills and they get the results of your labor. Don't fight them for credit though, that's how you get ostracized and never promoted.
katarjin What, being a joke on /r/sysadmin?? In all seriousness, /r/ITCareerQuestions is what you want.
Sponsored by the local fire department.
J Post hats to you sir
xDD
Linus roasts you in his April fools video.
lol I thought your profile pic was a piece of hair on my screen!!!
Sponsored by MTV Cribs.
Pro-Tip. Don't blow compressed air THROUGH a switch or other enclosed device. Server-room dust can be CONDUCTIVE. It will relocate into little nooks and make a contact bridge where things fry! Oh dear, I lost two switches this way until I figured out I need to VACUUM. Open the switch and always vacuum! This is for PCs and servers too!
Not to mention the moisture from compressed air. And vacuum doesn't blow crap all over the shop.
Absolutely right. If not vacuumed, where does the dust go? Back into the servers and switches, of course.
@@Bady89-lg9sn Dust is conductive. And dust can burn.
@@fuelks If you are not an expert, we can dissagree
@@justsomedude4660 Wha
Im pretty sure that power setup is a fire hazard.
Joshua Carroll voids the warranty on the ups,power squids, and power strips
Sure is. Any time you chain power strips together it's a fire hazard.
Anyone got data on how many watts a server like what would pull? Looks like the main feed is just one cable.
That main cable has the potential to push 220v easily. Which is what feeds to your house anyway. As long as the breaker holds up, that wattage/voltage can pretty much easily hit that with that one cable.
Also, i don't think that a cabinet full of batteries in a tiny closed space under a wood staircase near a server rack that produces a lot of heat is a good idea...
WHEN WILL YOU LEARN
WHEN WILL YOU LEARN
THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSICUENCISE
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Your actions have conseqeueuescuscuence
IMPORTANT
Random CPU
YOU FRICKIN FRICKS
YOUR FANTASIES CANT EVER BE QUENCHED
"CONSICUENCISE" say that 10 times fast
Wow! Just found this review and I’m a bit surprised on how far you let the server room go without having it “ cleaned up”. I only discovered your channel a few months ago when I was doing some research. I find your reviews to be entertaining and informative. But as a retired tech I couldn’t understand why the heck you didn’t have a master plan put in place at the beginning of your business. That said I can fully understand your situation. You’re always running at full speed. But I’m happy to see that you’re making a real effort to put things right. Can’t remember having so much fun seeing someone work that loves his work so much. Great job!
...But Luke says cable management doesn't affect airflow...
It does if your cables were blocking the fans before you cable manage ;)
airflow isn't everything my friend,, it isn't....
You realise he didn't address fan speeds in that video right?
Solomon Cornish Air flow is the least of his problems.
As a limited energy journeymen technician I say "For GODS sake put a label on something!" Makes plug and play alot easier. I cant wait to see you put it all back together!
This is a very small reminder of a project I once did: re-organize the patching between patch panels and switching racks in a fairly small computerroom. Had to upgrade the switching gear, too, replacing ‘monolytic’ switches with modular ones.
Some cable salad was 50 cm thick and occupied all the space below the false floor.
We did it in 3 changes (ITIL) and replaced exactly 20 km of patch cables. It was high profile and risk, but good fun.
Conclusion: it pays off to have a good and strickt methodology with *everything* in your conputer room. It really does, all the time.
Your cablemanagement reveals your true nature :D
2:14 That moment you realize you should be careful walking around your rats nest of cables. I know the feeling . Epic.
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I'll be back in 2020 for Part 2!
Donut it's actually coming this week probably Saturday!
Saturday...
Oh hi
Still waiting in 2021 LOL
It seems like I watch this video once every 6 months. It’s becoming a routine. I don’t even know why.
6:10 Suddenly a wild Taran appears.
wasn't that barnacules idea lol
'linus talking about highly classified LMG information'
God damn it! we were so close to finding out linus' porn stache location!
Icetanker
Linus has a hidden mustache for porn?
Groovy
Icetanker what do you guys think it's about?
He threw in some of those 10TB drives
Editors: Hey Linus the Internet just Went Down.
Linus: Yes, Your welcome.
Honestly if you can't get a series out faster than once every 2 weeks to 2 months then don't make any. Hope this isn't another one of those.... Whole water room cooling, Scrapyard Wars, and Moving Vlogs are different stories I'm talking about Office Redesign and Linus' Personal PC build.
(UPDATE if you don't read replies: I get the whole idea of supporting LTT and getting benefits like watching videos early by paying for Floatplane. However, it's really annoying to those of us who don't or simply can't pay to get those videos earlier and we have to wait random unpredictable amounts of time until one day they might show up in our sub boxes. Not trying to sound like a cry baby but, a company of this size should have scheduling ALMOST perfected and not completely neglected.)
toledo76 well atleast he had a good reason for it it was complicated and he didn't know what to do next
toledo76 Didn't he have a child during Desk PC? Or some other serious life shit? I think that justifies it.
in fact, all 3/3 of them are available now on Floatplane :D
I get the whole idea of supporting LTT and getting benefits like watching videos early but, it's really annoying to those of us who don't or simply can't pay to get those videos earlier and we have to wait random unpredictable amounts of time until one day they might show up in our sub boxes. Not trying to sound like a cry baby but, a company of this size should have scheduling ALMOST perfected and not completely neglected.
toledo76 lucky 😑 I'm broke and ain't got time for that.
#LinusCensoredTips
This is what I do for a living and I see this madness more often than I should lol. But there are so many ways to improve this room.
I like the gum chewing guy. He's like: Yeah, don't worry. I've seen this thing before. I GOT THIS !
It's like an episode of Hoarders: Cable Management Edition. Sadly, cable management isn't something you do one time, but have to create an active policy that dictates how cables are routed every time something new is added.
In our server/comms room at a large data center, we mounted 110 blocks on backboard, permanant cabling from servers, switches, and routers as well as work stations, then use cat5 or cat 6 cross connect wire. Much more flexible than patch panels. Never touch the perm wiring, all done at backboard.
The editing team doing great job but I like to see more crazy effects in the videos.
If you guys keep doing your wiring like that, you will be generating your company revenue from a fire insurance claim on the building. :-(
That is _exactly_ what I thought when the camera panned down to the floor behind the rack after the "oops" moment. Linus is a smart guy and knows TONS about desktop/gaming PC's, but many times he doesn't seem to know when to call the experts on the enterprise stuff. He's learning though ... but that would be an incredibly painful and expensive lesson to learn the hard way. YIKES brah!
Actually the insurance company can use the Vlog to prove the fire was caused by Linus and not pay them anything.
I dont get why if these companies send Linus all this free shit in the first place, Why dont they send people out to Install the enterprise grade stuff so that Linus can spend less time worrying about and then ignoring key wiring problems and actually increase the productivity of the company and use the servers and computers for what there actually for.
That's actually quite simple. First off; the free articles are not too expensive to give away, and with Linus showing them off, people will probably buy more enterprise grade stuff because it works better. Just one or two people have to do that and the company is back in black numbers. Sending a technician would increase that cost significantly, as they would charge travel fees, hourly wages et cetera. Secondly; Linus can now do two videos instead of one. He can do a review on the stuff and on the building process. This is actually a miniseries, resulting in more videos, resulting in more people seeing the videos, resulting in more revenue. And that is of course what Linus is after.
That wouldn't make for a good video. Part of the fun of watching a LTT video is seeing him fail, then fix it.
-It looks like when I was a young man starting out in IT ... LOL
-I worked in the IT of the largest control tower in the southern hemisphere, and with tiny teams we organized the Data Center much more and there could not stop everything to organize, oh easy, because without being able to stop everything from more work.
-1º -Take a big holiday or weekend when no one is working, turn everything off and disassemble everything from the hack including cabling (identify with everything that is not changed with tags) and electrical part.
-2º -Clean everything that goes in the hack and himself as well as the room.
-3rd redo organized and within the norms of structured cabling using all the tools you can to organize (channels, adapters and cable guides), or even homemade solutions such as tapes, Velcro, etc ...
-4º Assemble the electrical part, with the wires and everything in the right places and properly fixed.
-5th Place the equipment in the rack in the correct positions.
-6º Reconnect the electrical network cables and etc. in the equipment and check everything.
-7º Reconnect everything and test.
-Tip to fix without killing by nailing things on the wall:
-Double-sided tape, double-sided Velcro (certainly loosens easier than nails).
-In 3 of these racks that I set up to relocate my equipment and servers from 4 different rooms into the Datacenter, it was a week working alone but I did, 15 servers in
many different.
-That's why at that time I was an electronics and automation technician without formal IT training.
-Now after CCNA and JNCIA I am even more methodical.
Basically Linus doesn't do anything anymore unless it's sponsored and there is no future planing because it's all done when it turns into a problem. That pretty much describes how the server room turned into the disaster that it is.
We need power bars, is there a company that will send us $500 power bars for free while we do a review on them? No, okay then, to the dollar store.
There's no reason to buy more expensive power bars, power bars are simple in construction regardless, and they already have surge protection through their UPS, so powerbars work just fine, biggest difference between cheapo power bars and industrial ones is just mounting solutions.
Robb hus to clarity, because the world is full of idiots, this person is saying expensive power bars with great surge protectors aren't really necessary because they have the an expensive enterprise UPS conditioning the power supplied to those strips. If you are plugging directly into the wall you still need a decent power strip with surge protection. If you are plugging into a consumer UPS I would still recommend a power strip with a decent surge protector but that is a just in case.
i mean when you run a business the size of his you can go out and spend your money how you want. i dont think any ceo is going to deny a sponsorship to fix their own equipment.
Why pay for it when it's given to you... kinda like welfare...
Yeah, seriously. Why don't people just pay for welfare?
This is like kitchen nightmare
but with a server room instead of a kitchen.
Zale Tlemsanix *in Ramsay's voice* look at this crap, this is disgusting.
Would you look at all the unused footage on this server?!?!
IT'S F*ING RAW!!!
I like the way you were cleaning the PC fans, GOOD JOB, it is best to make sure the fins of the fan do not spin. Keep the fins in place while using canned air or the vacuum/duster to prevent damage and make it easier to remove the dust.
Why don't you guys take advantage of the height of the server room, you can run wires through to the top if done properly, and it will keep wires off the floor. You can also mount UPS's through the walls as well, and just use the racks for other things. This will conserve space.
So are you making Club Penguin great again? :D
of course
xLastxKillxHD That's my job........*Your Fired*
+Donald J. Trump Official -> *"You're"*
The Large Hardon Collider for realism
Truly one of the most entartaining series on the channel.
In California we would call your server room an OSHA violation. The cable management in my wiring closets and server room is worse than yours (by far) but 1) I inherited the mess and 2) mine isn’t about to catch fire.
I love these vlog style doing/making videos so much. more like these would be greatly appreciated : )
keep up the good work : )
Before retiring I worked for USPS as a technician in an area with 4 large flat sorting machines (125ft long, 24ft wide and 16ft high. At the front of each machine was a wack with 7ea dual zeon processor rack mounted image servers. Each server had a bank of whiney fans trying to blast air so they wouldn't melt, Xeon cpu's generated a lot of heat back in 2006 and stuffing it all into a 1U case did not help. There were doors front and back that did a great job of turning the cabinets into ovens. their was a bank of high speed fans at the base of these cabinets that were supposed to move enough air to keep everything happy but it wasn't nearly enough air.
When i came on shift at 1430 I'd go around and check each machine and I'd open the front and back doors about 3" to help the air escape and that lowered the internal temperature of the computers significantly . The problem is the day crew's boss had a bug up his ass about keeping the doors shut and locked lest nefarious workers tamper with the computers. I tried to explain the problem to him but he said no way. He said those cabinets don't get at all hot and I told him that was because the first thing your guys do is shut every thing down so they can do daily PM on the machines and didn't fire them back up til about a half hour before my shift started (we actively ran mail form about 1500 to 0600 the next morning). Machines that are off do mot generate heat - he just looked at me and blinked. BTW our back server room which had dozens of racks filled with computers and two high capacity AC cabinets the doors on the servers were all missing and I don't they were ever there.
Being a practical guy I found out where they hid the keys to all the doors (all keyed alike) and I threw them all out except for the one on my key chain - he went absolutely ballistic but could never prove it was me. he then wanted to mechanically seal the cases which would make working on the computers VERY hard. I solved that by taking the doors off and hiding them in the basement, he vowed to find the guy who did this and fire him,
Two years later when I retired the doors were still where I hid them, the computers were happy, and that boss had been moved to a job where he couldn't do as much damage. The PO had some great people working on the floor, they cared deeply about the mail and recognized how important it was to get millions of peices of mail through the machines and out on their way. Some of the managers were just unbelievably dense and their actions could and did delay mail movement.
This has finally motivated me to wire management my Server Rack. Thankyou
this video should be called extreme makeover: server room edition (part 1)
You commented briefly about reliability problems with long USB cables. We had this problem at work and it turned out to be USB cables that did not meet the specification, specifically the cable shield (screen) not being connected properly at both ends. Slightly less budget cables from the same supplier turned out to be correctly made and hence more reliable.
Kinda looks like ubisofts servers
Ur absolutely right!
Ikr
hahaah true
More like Fallout 76 Servers
eat your self
Omg... I spent the better part of the day re-wiring and shifting my workstation (Corsair 540 + 740 cases + iMac 5K), 3x UPSes, 2x Synology NASes (total 40TB), Predator X34 etc etc... and I thought my wiring was bad!!
Holy hell Linus... isn't that a fire hazard??
WoW guys , it was so real life ,but at the same time made light hearted with your presentation . Thank you
Destroy ur warehouse and build a new one, cause not just the server room is messy :D
mean
Super classified LTT stuff? I am VERY curious...
Damn
Probably storage keys, locations, and access points based on the context.
Hello from Germany. Dude the Sandals and the Socks, top notch, what a guy.
Never realized you were Canadian... The snow was a dead giveaway though. Glad to have such amazing content creators in such a beautiful country. Keep up with the amazing posts LMG!
I didn't realize they were Canadian until after I moved to Canada from the states and started recognizing all the locations in their videos. Turns out I pass by their office every day.
Also, it was balls cold here last winter. (At least for Vancouver.)
I love Taran edited videos, THIS IS WHAT I CALL A VLOG!
"Fun fact, it was Pelle who edited this"
-Taran Van Hemert in an other comment
Thank you, Linus. For making people realize the importance of Cable Technicians 😘
And the fire department...
I'm studying to become an IT-supporter, and it's so fun to see how this is my first time seeing a company using cisco devices(I study cisco certificates)
Who ever edited this video did a wonderful job with all the additional jokes. Hats off to Taran
I love these videos that are about the awesome equipment that you use in making videos. Also that segment with Taran on the screen was hilarious.
List of items to fix:
1- Socks & Sandals. Geeez.
is Taran a meme now?
Magnuson Alex He is a memer who memes himself.
when wasn't he?
the jank is truly impressive. my home server setup (when it gets done) will be a mix of my old desktops and anything that can be run on a pi - the difference between this and lmg's old setup as shown in this vid is the price of the components
Hrm, not sure about there, but around here there are yearly inspections from the local Fire Department Marshals office for every business... Those power strips into power strips would have netted you a nasty fine and immediate shut-down of utility power till corrected. Please pay more attention and take 5 minutes out of your day to keep things "tidy".
As for all the dust! Thought the room was on a dedicated HVAC system with its own filtration? Consider buying an air filtration system specifically for that room, and that is over-sized to compensate?
10 months old but where do you live?
Chucks Basix x
Taran had way to much fun with this one!
Good call on the Ubiquity Access points. My company struggled with wireless internet until I installed a couple of those puppies. Been smooth sailing ever since.
BEST PC IN HISTORY SPECS
487 TERABYTES DDR5 RAM
854GHz-908 GHz
67 PETABYTES STORAGE
374GTX 1080 TI's
OVERCLOCKED AT 965 GHz - 1097 GHz
Windows 10 server
Plays:
Club penguin
Battlefield 1
Minecraft
Legend of Zelda
Agar.io
Need For Speed
Forza
Mc Windows 10 edition
... many games
Cooler =MITSIBUSHI AIRCONDITIONER
843x better than Linus's PC
Lies.. Cant run Minecraft.
any vids on it or any thing?
I WANT SHADERS WITH MY MINECRAFT.
I'm a simple guy, I see networking gear and I like.
Good god, that is one daunting task, no one can question Linus's work ethic that's for sure.
8:58 is the best part of this video
i wonder how much linus spent on the cables alone!!
Nuttery Comic Probably $85
Nuttery Comic Assuming none of them were sponsored probbaly about $900- $1200 assuming he used a bulk retailer.
Once you get to a certain point it gets easier to get a spool of cable then cut and crimp your own cables to exactly to the lengths you need. It also makes it easier for cable management when you have exact length cables and not ones that are too long.
Once you get to a point slightly beyond that, it becomes stupid and labour intensive to do that instead of the *cheaper* option of buying ones of the correct length. Now, I have done this at home because screw waiting for packages with the cables or keeping a big stock of them.
Takes secs to make a cable, I've made thousands of them. Most labor intensive part is working out the length you need then later doing the cable management to keep it tidy, making the cables themselves is quick and easy.
A tip for using air to clean it out; Consider attaching an extra water separator before the outlet which also has pressure adjustment (lowest possible pressure to get the job done).
And use a wire to jam the fan blades - spinning them to crazy speeds with compressed air gives a funny sound, but probably forces dust in and dries out the bearings, it's never a good idea. (Linus does it in the video)
My 2 cents...
Taran is definitely my fav,followed by Denis
Father: hey son what you get up too today
Son: I watched two guys clean up a server room
If you watched the video released 2 days ago about Linus's watercooled server, you will notice you get a short peek at the finished server room (or near finished server room since we all know Linus likes to keep upgrading). But I am glad we finally get to see the work put in behind it.
Would be great to have a cost estimate written in the description.
7:32 He's wearing sandals with socks on!!!
you must be new here
It is what he all ways wears
I've only just started watching this and don't have a clue what strategy you plan to use, but when I'm faced with a mess like this I find it easiest, most efficient and the least chance of screwing up when I just remove everything and rebuild from the bottom up.
I'm disappointed in you Linus. Clean your room!
Im not mad son im just dissapointed in you.
9:00 "Sa..mokin!" HAHA! Tickled me pink!
The datacenter I work for has all their cables labeled, so we have the rack, switch or PDU, and port numbers on every power cable and Ethernet cable, then route everything in bundles along the side of the rack.
I wish everybody who is reading this a fantastic day or night!
Thanks!