Rick Kunkel <kunkel@w-link.net> writes:
Can anyone tell me the standard way to deal with patch panels, racks, and switches in a data center used for colocation?
Network Cabling Handbook by Chris Clark is a bit dated (5 years old) but probably should be on your bookshelf anyway, particularly since it is ridiculously cheap used/new on Amazon (I got my copy a couple of years ago after a friend tipped me off that they were on sale for $5.99 on clearance at Micro Center). It's mostly geared to the enterprise but it does have a chapter on doing communication rooms which is probably a good starting point. ISBN 0-07-213233-7 Also, no substitute for visiting your competition and taking a survey of how others, particularly larger datacenters, are doing it. :) ---Rob