Do any of you have a "go to" resource for materials used in installations? Tie wraps, cable management, blahblahblah?
I have found several places, but I'm curious to know what the nanog ninja's have to say.
//warren
Graybar.
On the cheap Lowes/Home Depot are awesome, and they're everywhere.
I'm a huge fan of netig... they bend over backwards for you.
-chris
Do any of you have a "go to" resource for materials used in installations?
Tie wraps, cable management, blahblahblah?
I have found several places, but I'm curious to know what the nanog ninja's
have to say.
//warren
Do any of you have a "go to" resource for materials used in
installations? Tie wraps, cable management, blahblahblah?
I have found several places, but I'm curious to know what the nanog
ninja's have to say.
//warren
We've used both CSC and Graybar, more frequently CSC better deals in our
case.
For very nice affordable Cat 5e/6A patch cords iofast.com we've never
purchased a patch from anywhere else since we found them.
Seconded Graybar. If necessary, in the absence of Graybar or for tiny
stuff, a Frys or Home Depot or Lowes.
Tessco or Hutton. Lil pricey unless you buy in bulk. Good fit for you
though since they carry RF and antenna stuff too.
-mike
Would largely depend on your definition of "datacenter" (customer or operator)
and what your corporate policies are. Speaking as the small ISP datacenter
maintainer:
Tie wraps, misc hardware - HomeDepot/Lowes
Patch cords/bulk cable - Monoprice
Patch panels/punchdown/custom fiber - Gruber
Electrical (equip)/fiber/wall enclosures - Graybar/Tesco
Electrical (power) - Local electrical shops/Home depot
Adrian
Along this same line of questioning... favorite Velcro? I used to get spools of about 500 8 inch strips for a reasonable amount however the vendor went out of business. The cloth tabs are nice, but then end up getting in the way...
Thanks,
Blake
Along this same line of questioning... favorite Velcro? I used to get
spools of about 500 8 inch strips for a reasonable amount however the
vendor went out of business. The cloth tabs are nice, but then end >up
getting in the way...
Thanks,
Blake
You should be able to get a roll from Graybar. Never checked with CSC
for that. We bought a large roll from Graybar and simply cut what we
need. It's not precut and pretty but it works.
For bulk velcro, I found Uline to be fairly cheap.
We have been going with rolls and cut to fit, however looking for something precut that way we don't end up with a NOC monkey putting a 18 inch piece of Velcro on 4 cat5 cables... I do have pictures... If they only get 8 inch strips, it helps keep things cleaner, and then leave the cut to fit to the people who have "engineer" in their title.
Mike, I was looking at them as well and will add them to the list to pay attention to. Thanks, for the suggestion, I will order a roll and have a look.
Thanks,
Blake
I have to ask, is this an April fools joke? ULine isn't cheap for
anything. Monoprice, $13, around $25 delivered depending on where
you're at and how yu ship it, for 5x black hook and loop 5yd per
roll... vs. ULine $28 (1x black hook and loop 75') and probably about
same S&H. No easy way to get them to quote S&H but last time I
ordered from them (they're about the only place to get some stuff)
ULine is over 2x as much. Oh and Monoprice has it in quite a few
colors if you don't care for black. If you're going for pre-made
cable wrap type stuff it's a bit more, but still half or less than
ULine.
ULine is definitely a supplier of last resort, but they've got a lot
of different stuff.
Is hard to beat Monoprice 
But no, I have purchased velcro in bulk from ULine (not the kind for
wrapping cable though) and found it to be cheaper and I usually got it the
next day for not that much shipping.
-Mike
Zip ties have no reason to be in a dc grr
Bring your lacing skills?
They have their place, but decidedly not in data center racks where
**nothing** is permanent/fixed very long
Jeff
Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> writes:
Do any of you have a "go to" resource for materials used in
installations? Tie wraps, cable management, blahblahblah?
For stuff that they carry, Deep Surplus has been acceptable quality
and the price is generally right. Others have recommended monoprice
but I've found them a bit variable on quality.
-r
Flex cross twist knot flex cross twist flex cross twist knot flex cross
twist...
-Blake
Graybar is great