Devin Reade wrote: > --On Friday, February 10, 2012 04:40:59 PM -0500 m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >> Devin Reade wrote: >> <snip> >>> or when some fool decides that they can unplug a network cable >>> briefly so that they can move other cables around). >>> >> Now wait a minute - I would dearly love to disconnect some cables we >> have in a shared rack downstairs in the datacenter [...] > > My complaint is not with moving cables, it's in doing so without > having proper change control. > Change control? We're talking about a datacenter that provides racks, power, and connectivity, and the responsible folks from various Institutes get to rack, connect, etc them all.... > Clean data centers == good > Arbitrarily moving hardware without planning and authorization == bad The racks are locked, so no one who doesn't have access to the rack can do anything, but this shared rack! mark