You can find articles that tell you the obvious (no drinks/food/cameras/cardboard) but few actually delve into the real do’s and do not’s of being inside a data center, either shared or a dedicated private data center. Here are a few real world things to remember:
- Mount ALL equipment properly to the rack, DO NOT set on top of other items
- Place all heavy equipment at the bottom of all the racks
- Respect cool aisle/hot aisle configurations to achieve maximum cooling efficiency
- When removing equipment, use BOTH HANDS to pull from rack to prevent the equipment from falling
- Run all power and networking cables cleanly through available wire management
- NEVER use zip ties
- Label EVERYTHING
- Secure all power connections in the equipment with vendor provided power clips, if provided
