Siri, show me physical technical debt
(We’re clearing out at least 30 years’ worth of accumulated cabling under a datacentre raised floor. Lots of voice copper, co-ax (voice and Ethernet), serial cables and even some AppleTalk!)
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Chaotic Neutral↣Lawful Evil, depending on caffeine intake. Sometimes a bit snarky. Does telecoms/networks/datacentre at a large East Midlands university for $dayjob. Obsessive music fan, sometime videogamer, lapsed tabletop gamer
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Siri, show me physical technical debt (We’re clearing out at least 30 years’ worth of accumulated cabling under a datacentre raised floor. Lots of voice copper, co-ax (voice and Ethernet), serial cables and even some AppleTalk!) |
@WiteWulf 👀 ooh
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I still have nightmares over how much social engineering went into implementing change controls and doc requirements over physical cabling at one gig...
@WiteWulf Still looking more manageable than Teams, honestly...