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[@scwfan08]

Man, I've watched the whole thing and regret nothing. Superb work.

[@sl06bhytmar]

Man, this video alone taught me more than 3 years in vocational college about installing cables or equipment. Superb!

[@doubledeckerbus-foundation]

Dito, from chaos to order.... loved to watch this ;-)

[@uploadJ]

Hear! Hear! Well done, sir!

[@YourCitizen]

@SCWIan06 - #019 is a really great watch! He gets really upset with whoever set up the mess he had to clean up and it's very entertaining.

[@digitalradiohacker]

4 I've watched this 4 times. Each time, I've seen something new and I've learned something new.

[@JasonMeyer901]

I've been in too many of those rooms. Started getting anxiety just watching you go through it. Excellent work once again! Thanks!

[@byoungmn]

I know right..., every time it cut's back, and it's neater, my anxiety goes down. I was just telling a friend that...

[@timmooney7528]

No kidding. I felt the anxiety level rising. It's even worse when the "data center" also acts as a storage closet for IT and they never throw out any equipment.

[@jcramond73]

I hear you mate, as a licenced cabler, I feel the OCD kicking in.

[@CriticoolHit]

Is it wrong i love seeing stuff like this? All i want to do is organize, reduce waste and improve efficiency. I get excited lookin at it. I want to know how to be the guy that GETS to crack into that rats nest one day.

[@DJaquithFL]

Yes you indeed have steel balls, I would have looked at that rats nest and ran. Kudos to you. 👍👍

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Oh trust me, when I was just an apprentice, I remember soooo many times when the guys I was working for did that exact thing!

[@0623kaboom]

I would have told them ... power it down until it can all be redone ... and then start on the most critical need systems first .... I figure if they could spend the time not to do it right they can afford the time to get it done right and learn NOT to leave a mess behind ....

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

@@0623kaboom Yeah pull everything out and start over. Thats what I was thinking.

[@morganrussman]

0623kaboom I'm with you on that with having the business shut down until everything can be done, I'm not sure if I could do anything without tearing half of the stuff out myself.

[@wrc1045]

I do appreciate your info. Small loops at the data patch panel and wire ties? I get budgets sometimes and understand. We wouldn’t touch that room for less that $30k in labor alone considering what you shown in the video, less equipment. We are fortunate to have clients with large budgets and understand the value in doing it as we would do for ourselves. Can you talk about the hours and price you charged on this project.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I probably could talk about it but it wouldn't do many people any good. The business side of this work is not my strong point. In this job, I actually got screwed on the deal by not being extremely clear with them. I worked this project along with several other hotels in the state in a single multi-month visit that I charged at a flat fee. I'd go into more detail but I'd rather hear about how you handle pricing as I'm sure we'd benefit more from that than listening to me! I have no regrets with adding those patch panel loops and zip ties are used extensively in my trade with zero issues. I'm going to be addressing zip ties vs. velcro in an upcoming episode!

[@mountainslopes]

I'd really like to hear how others have charged for this work too!

[@TMR147]

FiberNinja oh Fuck them at the end of the day they should of forked over what ever price you asked to be paid! Excellent work!! I’m addicted to these videos now, they are wonderful!! You need a camera man? I’d love to learn how to do this!!!

[@scwfan08]

Man, who in their right mind would do something like that? I'm almost crying and would like to slap those people in their faces.

[@FastRedPonyCar]

Usually in environments like this, it's not the result of 1 person but numerous mistakes that just pile on each other over the years... a series of poor band-aid decisions that eventually reach a point that it's a miracle if everything works. I used to work at a company like that and now as a server/network engineer for an MSP, I encounter and have to clean up messes like this at nearly EVERY client site.

[@kingrpriddick]

And once it starts more techs start to realize being neat must not be worth it, then as it gets worse good techs that would have been clean won't touch it without fixing it first and of course this hotel doesn't want to spend money on IT but expects it to work. It all starts as the clients fault really, hold messy techs accountable, bill whichever business won't fix it for the repairs and/or don't use them again.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Very well said!

[@the3rdbestnikkashopinyoura540]

I wanted to rip it all out, paint the walls, then add it back.

[@FastRedPonyCar]

keep in mind though that a lot of clients (especially the managers and other big decision makers) don't usually walk into these messy environments. They walk into their office and either their stuff works or it doesn't and (based on my own experience) they don't care how tidy or neat everything is, they just care that it's up and they are doing business. So as long as those 1's and 0's are flowing, they couldn't care less...which enables the IT guy to be lazy and complacent.

[@ekoostiknation2169]

As a network engineer who’s managed several greenfield site installations in the past, I’m always super impressed with how you manage to turn lemons into lemonade. I genuinely love your content and would be very interested in seeing how you’d tackle a fresh install that doesn’t need to be done on a shoestring budget.

[@dr.johannesmunch891]

You're a Hero. Hope they've valuated your efforts. I'd have burned it right to the ground and never spoken about it again.

[@Hermiel]

I love cabling work in all its facets. I stumbled upon this channel a few days ago and I'm already 7 hours deep. I admire your dedication to the craft. In my eyes you're an exemplar of true tradesmanship; a vanishing breed as I observe it. Really inspirational stuff.

[@seslan]

Man, that's a masterpiece.

[@andersfrihagen3656]

I am a bit concerned that the UPS is placed nearly on the floor, especially as you mentioned the danger of flooding earlier in the video....

[@imark7777777]

I was concerned to but then he explained it was just the expansion battery so I think I would rather replace a UPS then the entire computer system although the rolling rack is sort of setting the bar for level of Ingress.

[@oliverer3]

UPS:es are typically so heavy that you want to place them as close to the floor as possible

[@myownalias]

I found your channel through the suggested videos from another tech video, and I have watched everything you have posted on KZbin over the past 2 days. Suffice to say, I'm hooked, and subscribed, I'm looking forward to future videos, thanks for the uber geeky videos.

[@rudolphrowery6661]

Great video's FiberNinja! I love the before and after. You are a true professional who takes pride in his work! more "professionals" should be like you.

[@johnk5568]

Thank you for the effort to make all those nice videos. After watching few of your video,i'm becoming subscriber now ( and i'm rarely subscribe ).. Keep the good job. I Love the way you do your job, so professional. Nice.

[@HusainBasir]

You are amazing. Working on re-cabling the system without losing services that is a true ninja.

[@nkth6ars]

Hey FiberNinja, love your videos. They're very inspiring as someone else in the field who finds himself doing cable-management rehab for CCTV systems like fairly shoddy installation you've shown here. I'd love to see some of the process you go through if at all possible, like laying out the cabling on the shelf you installed, and your method of dressing back cabling. I know it may seem a boring piece to film, but seeing someone with as much experience and knowledge as you obviously have would be a valuable learning experience in my opinion. Maybe even some full-length, less-edited footage for patreons or donators, who knows.

[@TheArtyBartfast]

I really miss FiberNinja's videos. I hope he's doing alright, and may someday soon treat us with his great content again!

[@digitalradiohacker]

I emailed him the other day - He's still around but has just had some things to take care of and didn't really have time for social media. He plans to start uploading at some point, once he settles things in the background.

[@asgard168]

Another job well done, it's never easy task to clean out someone else sh1t. Would be great if you include a before/after comparison at the end and show the unused equipment/cabling removed. Actually what happen to all those removed equipment/cables? Looking forward to seeing other great ninja video. Cheer and take care.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Yeah, I've wanted to do a before-and-after shot on a lot of jobs but it's tough because of the lack of consistency in camera movement between shots. It's also tough because most of these jobs take place over MONTHS. If not, I'd just setup a time-lapse camera with a good power source and call it good! Most of the pulled equipment will find itself to eBay per the request of the customer. A lot of it was not working, or so ancient that no one will want it but it's worth trying to sell. The customer in this situation owns many other sites in the state so much of the equipment that is still functional will get used elsewhere when needed.

[@0623kaboom]

do a walk through before and after ... and in editing ... splice the two clips side by side or top and bottom ... then you get before and after in a direct comparison ... with any extra on site time ... ok it gets moved to editing ... BUT that is easier

[@tchaikovskygoss7410]

Great job in a not so great spot. I like your approach. I also like the DIY things (like the J hooks, L brackets, and keyboard shelf) that you added to get the desired result without spending loads of money. I learned a lot. I rarely watch a video this long, but this was well worth. Keep up the good work.

[@Californiansurfer]

The cabinet and mounting there stuff in one unit great work. Overhead wire rack, local Home Depot. Great work love it. Anchors great idea and to the walls. Downey California

[@StevenJPiper]

My.... God.... you're a better man than me, I would have walked in, gone "nope" and walked out again...

[@Qardo]

I hate to say this. There is something weird going on with the filming. There is this weird wobble that has nothing to do with the camera being moved around. It is like it is filming the heatwave or the lens used is half a fishbowl effect.

[@pyr0bee]

Qardo its due to the shitty image stabilization on the gopro

[@Qardo]

pyr0bee Well, I figured but just pointing out.

[@iGAGGA25]

No stabilization would be better

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

This was shot with a Samsung Galaxy S8+ with stablization off actually! I'm not sure what happened but you guys are all right. I'm going to be testing things this week to see what I can do better but I also DO have a GoPro that I'm going to dust off and see if it still works...

[@scwfan08]

FiberNinja You should always check if the lense is clean. Might have been smear on it

[@Hewitt_himself]

that intro with all the cable pipes made me think you were going to go die hard on us and just cut all the connections

[@Corgitronics]

Wow! What a difference! I stumbled across this as I was building out a network rack in my basement. Lots of interesting info, and much to learn from this video.

[@bradwilmot5066]

Every time I think my cabinets look bad, I see a video like this and think I'm not doing so bad, then I reach the end, see the results of your work, and know my work sucks again... :-) Also, what on earth did the cable company put in there that required a freaking JET ENGINE to cool it (that's what it sounds like, anyway...)?

[@pouncytaur]

Yay! Now the power panel to the back right can be accessed when needed, without crawling over equipment!

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Correct! Thanks to a previous episode where I managed to block a breaker panel with my installation, I learned about clearance requirements and implemented that practice here at this site.

[@SunildevBirbal]

I love watching your videos. They are well done, and the depth of explanation is amazing. These videos have taught me quite a bit that I can apply to my profession. Thanks and keep up the amazing work.

[@uploadJ]

He is a very good teacher.

[@movax20h]

Good job. I watched one of your videos, and then I got into all of them. I not only appreciate quality of the work, but I also learn small bits, and just see what things other people do or how they mess up. Also interesting to see US-specific equipement and terminology used for a person from Europe.

[@aaronfrenzal]

This is really really impressive work...especially in a live network...I'd be interested in how many actual hours this took(without blogging)...and how much you charged the customer. I do similar work, but on a much smaller scale... depending on equipment and what needs to be tidied up, it usually takes much longer and anticipated. This must have taken several days if not into the weeks...

[@swiftswamp4599]

Coming in to service something (ISP Side) after someone like you is what makes my job all that much better and makes me believe there is still hope in the world.

[@over00lordunknown12]

+FiberNinja YO! *I DID THIS FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL'S NEWS ROOM!* :D They had wires going _absolutely_ EVERYWHERE! D: Mic Stands wrapped in wires, dangling across,. disconnected old RCA video cables going to a display splitter plugged into a PC that wasn't used anymore... AN ETHERNET HUB LOOPING INTO IT'S SELF, NOT EVEN CONNECT TO A RJ-45 JACK IN THE WALL. It amazed me that the thing was even working, but over the semester in the class, I was able to coil up wires, attach Velcro cable ties, and remove unused power supply cables and other RCA display cables, some RCA cables and I think one DVI cable too; I coiled them up, looped the ends to keep them tight, and then put them on the desk in there for the teacher to choose the fate of the cables. I feel your pain. :)

[@xeckoplaysTF2K]

youd be surprised in a high schools A/v or server room. both be messy and a rats nets of wires.

[@imark7777777]

Good job. I would say label those power bricks because they're easily able to be plugged in and fry other things not to mention get separated and then nobody knows what goes to what.

[@CitizenPerkins]

Wow! You do great work, sir! From bleak to chic! Congrats! 👍👍

[@jonathanbignall1198]

Very nice job and some good creative cable management solutions using regular domestic hardware. Like it!

[@CustomComputing]

I actually keep going to the start of the video then to the end its mind blowing that 1 person was able to do this!

[@imark7777777]

And mostly from Home Depot at that!

[@uploadJ]

He is sharp, very sharp. One of a kind ...

[@asian_raisin]

2 years later. I find this somewhat interesting. I do similar work but no where near your level of expertise. Watching and learning lots. Thanks

[@okidave]

Honestly I think you overuse tie wraps, velcro is better in plenty of applications you deal with. It also keeps lazy techs from creating rats nests.

[@RicardoJunqueira]

Sir, you perform miracles. That's what you do.

[@dusterdude238]

Wow what a difference. Looks Great! :) glad to see your back on YT again! welcome back :)

[@Heizenberg32]

I wish I could do this every time I encounter a similar situation on service call. But I know there's no budget for me to put in a couple extra hours, much less a couple of over-nighters like this took.

[@25566]

unfortunately unless you work full time, or have some sort of maintenance contract, it's unrealistic for a technician to fix messes like this. this is why messes like this happen in the first place, because if takes billing the client 5 hours to make it tidy instead of just 2 to make it work

[@mayanf9071]

Magnificent work! Thank you so much for sharing. Man...this room was in such a mess, this is what I call a monk job Totally worth watching. Hope to see more!

[@Californiansurfer]

I been there , I would start at 3am on Thursday and finish up Sunday Sometimes mondays 80 percent work. And 20 percent figure out what extra wires are for. I worked at port of Los Angeles network oocc. Oriental oceanic container company I installed cameras using phone hubs. Great research.

[@TheDinoblues]

I've watched this 3 times now and learn something new or pick up some tips every time...Great work

[@markissboi3583]

1 Fried Geko no one🤷‍♂️ died of heatstroke or got hung trying to climb the cable mess Nightmare in some street i call these Videos now a new dimension to the word stress😢 🧒< he was just a lad > 👴 b4 he started this job

[@Armed_IT]

I start my networking journey next money at the ripe age of 39. Your videos and cable management are what I am going to strive for.

[@Lewdacris916]

Ive seen so many communication rooms that look like this, absolute nightmare to work on. Just years and years of shitty work and adding new systems, without removing the legacy equip. For every 1 good tech that takes pride in their work there are 5 shitty ones lol

[@bknesheim]

My favorit is when you have a 100+ lines comming into the closet used as a server room and all the lines are just connected directly to 48 ports hubs in no perticular order. Finding the one you need takes forever. :-(

[@stevearkwright]

Maybe it doesn’t matter once they’re all on the network? Let’s face it this hotel isn’t exactly spending big money on high standards.

[@flinkiklug6666]

I am a german Boy i lernd my self to run servers an make elektrik installation. I learnd so much in your videos. I like the video wich is 3 hours long. I learnd how i not have to do my menagement. My englisch is verry bad i onely learn on YT at school I hate englisch

[@spinkey4842]

47 people are "installation techs" on these systems before you get to them. you sir are a master of your craft. the world needs more techs that give a damn

[@albertescribalemina9886]

When I saw the room for first time in this video ... my face turn pale! I don't how many they have paid to you, but it isn't enough!!!

[@Ausmas]

Nice work, @linustechtips possible collab?

[@NeverGiveUpYo]

I clicked on the title and I knew it won't be shit. But, what you delivered was just epic. Nice job and video man!

[@jasonbodenheimer4017]

I'm proud of you! That is excellent work! Keep it up and thank you for sharing. You've given me many GREAT ideas on my next disaster server/telco closet encounter.

[@whelpthereitis2577]

I don't want a medal for watching your video, I hope for more videos. You do great work and though I have only rebuilt a few servers rooms I have worked in IT for over 20 years. You have shared insights I would have never thought of without having a experienced the failures before. Thank you for taking the time to give these insights and subtle yet obvious solutions. EDIT: I wish I had discovered you while you were actively making content. The world needs you.

[@xyvyx]

wow, fantastic job! I feel inspired to go home & clean up my tiny network rack....

[@teotsi21]

Hey man, hope everything is good, and if not, that everything works out. Your channel is a bit of fresh air in what KZbin offers these days.

[@CheapSushi]

Dude, you are a pro. This was amazing to see from beginning to end. It looks great.

[@boolve]

I been missing those no stress, honest, with lots of details and informative videos from you. I'm glad you back. Thank you man.

[@RAZR_Channel]

You Sir... are a Warrior!! It's like.... clearing the battlefield of the dead

[@amunderdog]

The power bricks - You have a nice patch - Do you ever label them, so what they belong to is easily apparent?

[@JerymiahV]

Well Done! Thanks for the education on dressing the cables up to the overhead cable ladder.

[@theryanwitski]

Another great video! Every time i watch you do what you do... it makes me want to finally get into the same field. Then again your skills outshine mine! Would you ever consider a 101 series? I.E. how to wire up a rack etc. You have covered it in your videos but a playlist would be a GOD send.

[@deanwaters]

What a great video, thanks very much for taking the time to show all the work. i know its not easy filming while working and then having to spend hours editing. its funny that no one would touch the work guess they not anywhere on level FiberNinja keep on the great work !!!!

[@gryg666]

I love your videos, even if I'm a programmer :) Is there any reason you prefer zipties over velcro?

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

There are many reasons but I'm going to have to leave that for a dedicated video coming soon!

[@peglegthered]

Amazing job. Loved all the miscellaneous hardware you installed to get things neat and tidy. Definitely gave me a lot of ideas in the future.

[@mercutilis]

haha man walking into a rats nest I know the feeling

[@S0me2]

Great Work! But what did you do with your Camera? It‘s got some sort of blurry Shakyness to it in this Video

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I actually had stabilization turned off and STILL got crappy video. I'm working on getting a more stable shot for future vids. If you're not a Pateron member, I could always use the support! I've been shooting just with my smartphone with a Bestgrip to use a wide-angle lens. With more support, maybe I can get more proper gear!

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

48:26 Great use of those J hooks. I use them for hanging saw horses. You're right, closed D hooks are horrible since you either have to pull the wire or unscrew the hook.

[@AssociateMinisterReserveDeacon]

A. Mr. Fiber Ninja Thankyou!!! For being a consistent professional. . B. Mr. Fiber Ninja Thankyou!!! For not over editing your videos. C. Mr. Fiber Ninja you're a great instructor and teacher. D. Mr. Fiber Ninja I'm not a network technician. I've learned a lot from.your excellent videos. The following list is a list of what I've learned fron your videos is listed below. 1. Keep a proper visual record of a site's condition before work begins. 2. Keep a proper visual record of work being preform. 3. Keep a proper visual record of work after work is completed. 4. Have a proper game plan and proper pricing plan. 5. Create proper documentation for other technicians and the customer. E. Mr. Fiber Ninja please continue to get on life's stage and let your Godly inner light shine. Please continue to climb life's ladder and let the world see The Great and Wonderful Gifts, Talents, and Treasures that are inside of you. F. Mr. Fiber Ninja You Go Man!!! G. Mr. Fiber Ninja please stay safe. H. Mr. Fiber Ninja God Bless You!!!f

[@scwfan08]

OH YES! BTW What a fucking mess

[@dereknyc4402]

in 6 months that room will be back to spaghetti wiring

[@MerkDolf]

I wouldn't have run but I sure would have said things are going to be down for a day while I rip everything out in make a new install. I like the loops in the back of the patch panel nothing worse than trying to work where someone has made guitar strings. Why didn't you carry your overhead to above the rack then vertical wire manager down? That bit you mentioned about your 24 port switch in two rows and the 24 port patch panel I liked and you gave me an Idea since I hate to put my glasses on when I've got my head stuck into a rack tracing cables. Switch top row black and bottom row gray. OH you people and your dag gone tie wraps and when I go on site to do some work and have to cut 20 of them then all your nice work looks like junk. Why not use those new fangled Velcro cable ties or the good old fashioned 10 gage insulated wire. Yes guilty of running cables on the inside of the rack those channels are just too tempting not to use but have fought my own work later. Now off to watch some of your other work. Thanks for sharing.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I did plan to run a ladder rack from the main equipment rack to the wall but time and materials were lacking. Boy, do I like the color-coding of the patch cables! I wanted to do that here but ran out of time again... Cutting zip ties causing the cables to look like junk would have also been the case if they were velcro my friend. Not a good argument. In fact, today I was doing some de-comissioning work at a restaurant that had a majority of the cable management done with velcro. What a mess. The velcro nylon fabric straps absorbed a lot of the cooking oils in the air, and was a pain to remove because cutting them wasn't an option so each strap had to be unraveled. Greasy, messy straps. I had to first find the end of the strap and then peel it away. I can tell you this: zip ties would have been quick removal work with my trusty telco snips or dikes. In this environment, velcro was a poor choice.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Oh yeah, I wanted to also say that I too have learned from my own mistakes. Most of what I hold to near and dear to my heart are lessons learned the hard way --and running cables inside the rack is one of them for me!!

[@tylertc1]

As always, great videos! You know, while it may make for a very boring video, one of the things I find myself most fascinated with is the step by step analysis and decision making tree you must go through. I'm not sure it's completely possible to do in a way most would find entertaining, but I enjoy you being able to take such a complex mess and slowly, piece by piece, make sense of it and then start to make moves. Would you be able to step us through how you go about identifying or creating your blueprint (either on paper) or even just in your mind on what is what and okay...this orange cable goes here...that's this...so that means if I take this offline then this goes down. So in order to move it, I need to make sure I only take this down for say, 10min, but then I can move it and reconnect the most important ports to get it back up and running. What you do on a daily basis is a massive juggling act. I equate it to surgery in a sense...in that the heartbeat...the network has to stay up - for the most part...other than say maybe outage windows that you pre-define with the client for the night etc. I've watched all of your videos thus far - really enjoy the content and how you're able to bring it all together. Thank you for letting us into your world a bit and walking us through. Great stuff here and well presented.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

That's not a bad idea actually. Hell, I thought THESE videos would be too boring to share with the world but look at where we are now! It's hard to spell out my process as I can't say exactly all that it is I do internally either. However, there is a process. I do usually spend a lot of time just looking at it. I will make a hand-drawn map of the network as I start figuring out how it works. So, this may be an interesting one to do. I think I'm going to fire-up my GoPro, put it on my head or something, and see what I can capture of my process as I walk through my next one.

[@ieast007]

This is a good example of the cumulative messy server room effect. When your server room is clean, any little imperfection sticks out like a sore thumb. However, when when enough technicians come through, eventually things are going to get messy if not maintained (and a closet like this is not normally seen). At some point it's going to get so bad that people just want to get in and out of there as quickly as possible and don't care what kind of work they do since it doesn't matter anyway. The same thing applies to software :(

[@brianmacconnell1249]

I like the trick with the power brick. Never thought of that. Nice!

[@andreabaz158]

awesome video!!! may I ask you to consider doing a video that explains the tools that you use for your works? thanks

[@badandyg]

3:29 I cant unsee this!

[@tylertc1]

haha - this was awesome though

[@venividivici4253]

Andrew Gengler 3:30

[@Supersonicff-dw6bs]

I've cleaned up much worse. Makes you really want to strangle the lazy assholes that create these kinds of messes in the first place! Don't be one of those kinds of people. If you have no pride in your work, it's time to find another job!

[@jcramond73]

Great cablers think alike, as soon as you look at the room, you know what needs to be done to get the cabling done right. Great work mate, your work definitely speaks for itself and that's a good 'signature' to have.

[@pandaDotDragon]

Curious to know how much you're paid to clean this mess (if I were you I would probably recreate the room from scratch ^^' ). In my opinion probably not enough. Anyway the good thing is at least one manager understood it was time to do something with this room.

[@McRambro]

"Curious to know how much you're paid to clean this mess" Not enough!

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Not Enough is definitely the amount I was paid for this project... I couldn't start from scratch mainly because this was a live system that was slowly being migrated to newer systems so it took time just to become familiar with all the running systems in place while working to make everything secure and safe. The real need for the room cleanup was that the local cable company needed to install a large wave of upgrades in equipment but refused to enter the room to do the work without my cleanup happening first. The entire hotel is undergoing an entertainment system upgrade with all new TV's and receivers that all terminate down to this room as well but there was no room to install anything nor was there room for a tech to enter and do the install!!

[@ttss5726]

@@FiberNinjaStudios like I said it would have all been taken off line. they have back up plans for when outages happen. it would have been cheaper pulling it offline IMO then it would have been how he did it. Two people and a cable trace could have had it sorted out in a half a day then all untangled and straightened out and back on life in what 12 hrs or so..

[@RANDALLOLOGY]

Hope they paid you well for cleaning up that mess . I have seen so many equipment rooms like that and refuse to work in that mess unless they sign a hold harmless agreement. Did get to clean up s room kinda like that one time. Took a week.

[@ninjapenguinmedia8968]

"Fibre is always too long" how many fibre engineers dies when they heard that ..... learn to splice and make to length

[@imark7777777]

That's why we have yellow fiber eaters that go down and eat the fiber out of the ground to make it shorter....LOL😨😱😏😵👷

[@fernandohg225]

Watched the whole thing . Amazing work

[@FatzyRider]

FiberNinja does it again. Thanks for your awesome video. Keep uploading to inspire others like me. God bless

[@kenabi]

re: patch panel; i've taken to loving keystone couple jacks into frames along that same form factor, but keystone, obviously. i've also come to hate punchdown anything.

[@backupaddict1356]

I'd never use a panel, wait of time and money

[@ICOFRITE]

Hi F.N. 2 things. 1. You look great, really healthy 2. I have just noticed you sound like Kermit the frog. I was thinking. You should consider doing a video every few months that either/or/and displays your fans before and afters or a write in where they show you what they are working with and you give them some advice. I noticed you liked my suggestion about more tool and up close/how to videos and I really appreciate it! Take care brother.

[@Okurka.]

I guess beer guts are now healthy.

[@ICOFRITE]

Okurka he is still a man of i.t. okurka...be fair.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I've actually lost a LOT of weight. But still have a long way to go.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Hmm... I think I get your idea. Just have fans send in their network rooms and get my impression of them or what I'd suggest as a remedy? I think I've seen similar things with popular photographers that have fans send in their best shots to have them get critiqued?

[@ICOFRITE]

Exactly. Or their own before and after shots showing what they have learned from watching your videos

[@nocompromise]

Well done, sir! +FiberNinja, you've taught me so much about the trade just be watching the videos. I'm getting ready to go to a colo today and do just this to just one rack, but it's a start. :)

[@paulcurtis2779]

You're awesome as usual. Thanks for the valuable education.

[@ccvideotech]

I just stumbled onto this. Great Job!

[@stephengoh5456]

Super! Love it. Thank you.

[@chads7796]

Good god...brave man to tackle that travesty of a network room. Get the zip ties ready!!! And that power situation, just wow.

[@yangly4702]

As a cable technician from a large company i highly enjoy watching your videos and appreciate what you do.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Wow thanks!!

[@eeeddd5087]

You are a braver man than I am, I would have walked.

[@cjporterfield1955]

The real question is, did the cameras actually work when you were finished lol. Great work on that nightmare for sure!

[@TheNightshadeian]

Great Job! Got some good tips especially the securing the cables on the punch-down to fix or move the buried cable.

[@chrisw1634]

Good work, love how things cleaned up. Any idea how many zip ties you used for this one? lol

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I think I went through an entire 1000-count bag on this one!

[@stevearkwright]

@@FiberNinjaStudios 😲😬😀 Wow. Velcro on the cables would be better though!

[@Aepek]

A new Vid, yay! As far as this interesting site, would go in my top 10 of worst server rooms! Seriously, would be in my top 10!!!! Wow that gonna be work sorting out what actually functions and what is garbage. Good luck

[@DevernAdams]

Wow. Worth the wait! Wonderful cleanup job; it's inspiring for a project I'm working on... :D

[@Marko343]

Amazing work. Next time throw in some before after shots at the end of the video!

[@LIDHosting]

Nice videos. Lots of information. Would love to see a video of some of the tools that you have.... Thanks..

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Already started on that! Stay tuned...

[@rollover36]

I wouldn't touch that, great work.

[@gregorythomas333]

Wow...What a huge difference! You really do excellent work sir!