Server Room & Switching Closet
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We currently have our server room in a separate room about 20 feet away from our switching closet. I am building a new rack full of servers and I have a nagging debate on my mind. In order to connect the two rooms for optimal performance and redundancy with ease of management. I plan to run 8 cables to the switching closet from the server room. Should I connect those 8 cables to a patch panel in the server room and then to a patch panel in the switching closet and then connect them to the switch. Or should I just go server room switch, to switching closet switch?
We currently have our server room in a separate room about 20 feet away from our switching closet. I am building a new rack full of servers and I have a nagging debate on my mind. In order to connect the two rooms for optimal performance and redundancy with ease of management. I plan to run 8 cables to the switching closet from the server room. Should I connect those 8 cables to a patch panel in the server room and then to a patch panel in the switching closet and then connect them to the switch. Or should I just go server room switch, to switching closet switch?
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Joseph Daly
Just for ease of use and scalability I would reccomend have all of the cables between the rooms go to patch panels. This makes it easier down the line if you need to move or change something. Straight cable runs your kinda limited.
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I agree manability with a patch panel is great. However, will there be any noticable performance degrade?
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one more thing i missed,, is the good labeling and numbering for your network by using the patch panel ..
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Use the patch panels. If you're ever trying to troubleshoot connectivity...would you rather swap out standard size patch cables (stranded core) or long solid-core custom made cables?
When running through walls, floors, etc you should be using solid copper wiring.
When running through walls, floors, etc you should be using solid copper wiring.
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Thank you all.