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0:00 Intro
1:23 Our network is OP now!
3:16 New rack!
7:40 The plan
8:36 Dell S5232F-ON 100G network switches
10:55 "All we're doing is adding a couple switches"
11:49 Sorry Gary!
11:53 Completely changing the plan
15:01 Dan & Shawn lab update
15:23 PAIN
15:38 Linus reminiscing about poor decisions
16:10 Dan & Shawn lab update 2
16:24 Linus & Jake make spaget
22:42 The new lab rack is almost done
23:27 The internet finally works again!
26:10 How it works
I love that Dan just immediately backs up Jake on messing with Linus about there being a second rack. Doesn't even question it, total bro.
that is just what you do. if you see a colleague messing with an higher up and they (kinda) believe them, you step in to confirm it and keep the ball rolling. Just some fun things to do at work
I would pay a lot more for my networking racks too if they came with Dan.
It's called having a normal sense of humour
And a good boss plays along so the company doesn't realize their boss is an android
True
30+ year datacenter monkey here, and I have to say, the "I just plugged every cable into a dummy switch and i'll call out the port numbers as I pass up cables is" _fucking brilliant._
I can’t tell if this I sarcastic, but sounds like every time I’ve ever run cables 😂
Me who used painters tape and a sharpie and never will again: 🤡
It’s a really simple and easy idea.
We use patch panel blocks for staging.
Sir this is a Christian Minecraft server /s
Seeing Dan just magically appear in the doorway with a tape measure while Linus is just talking brought up some uncontrollably loud laughter. What is it about Dan that is just so wholesome and yet also hilarious at the same time. The fact that he actually knows his shit is irrelevant! This man needs an Audio and Tech themed Stand up show ASAP!
came down here to say the same, the face of "oh no this aint gonna fit" killed me lol
Dan has impeccable comedic timing. I second the Dan show, but feel like maybe being a sporadic guest is the best for him. Either way, we all love seeing him on camera!
Dan shaking his head at Linus is this gonna fit 😅
Dan's entire reaction as he goes "But... I told Gary 20 minutes....." is gold, I just can't help but feel sorry for him having to suffer through this and realizing he gave a promise he couldn't deliver on
The tech nerd in me has been trying to justify a server rack of network gear for years but really my ISP provided modem is everything I need
Pretty much. I do what a lot of ISPs consider t2-t3 support and I get calls from super users all the time accusing us of having problems when all the problems are on their LAN. Yeah having a well-done network with VLANS, a real firewall, POE switches to cameras and APs, a pihole, ect is awesome, but it requires a ton of knowledge to design and maintain. IMO the most your average person should do is a mesh with a wired backhaul, or a Ubiquiti setup with a POE switch to AP's where everything is made easy with a GUI.
Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I've been looking at a layer 3 switch, but besides that, I really have no use for a crazy homelab (...yet)
Homelabs are not about need. Go for it, have fun.
Well 99% of people don’t need this but it’s cool to have plus you can learn about everything while building
But it's so fun!
25:10 - Dan looks exactly like someone who spent several hours at night in a server room
"the noise, its in my head"
Poor guy didn't look good 😮😂
"stimulated" :P
as soon as I saw Dan I was like oh my gosh, what happened dude! 🤣😭
When I was a data communications technician, this was my face after each ten hour shift. Those servers are loud!
Dan's face when he just completed explaining the long wretched process of setting everything up and routing the cables and putting everything in place just to IMMEDIATELY hear linus say 'We gave up' at 25:17 is just hilarious!
Wow the project turned out great! It was a pleasure to work with you on this project.
Good stuff
These networking videos really are my favorite thing LTT does. Infrastructure is so interesting and awesome to watch it develop from a tiny company to a much bigger one.
Yes and also I think it's their favorite thing as well. Sometimes I think the only reason they are trying to grow their business is to have an excuse to buy new networking toys!
They really are the best. Do more LTT :)
Remember whole room watercooling pump in the bathroom? Lol
@@wesleycoats who could forget😂. Radiator off a pt cruiser
interesting until you have to do it and nothing has been labeled by the previous person who worked on it, which more often than not nothing is documented.
Linus Tech Tips really is just *The Office* meets *TopGear UK* meets *The IT Crowd* but Canadian. They'll do the wrong things so you don't have to, but they're the most entertaining reality show for sysadmins and homelab beasts. And it's what keeps me coming back.
This is the most accurate description, I love it.
I fucking love Top Gear
No sir. You have offended me. It's The Office US and Top Gear. Both were created in the UK
@@TheOmegaRiddler Which version of the office is more famous
More specific the Clarkson, Hammond and May era lol
The graphic at 26:25 was a lifesaver! Kudos, I was kind of lost until then
Small but important detail when moving switches from the rear to the front of a rack: pay attention to the airflow direction! Notice that when Linus pulls out the fan module it has an arrow pointing inwards. I.e. this switch is configured to pull in air on the PSU side and blow it out the port side, hence it's intended for installation in the rear of the rack. Probably not a huge problem in their server/network rooms; but when you have a hot/cold side setup it can really mess up cooling.
I’m a farmer and have little to no experience in computers and pretty much just out of your channel I’ve been able to build my own pc and learned so much!! Thank you so much for your content. From Australia 🇦🇺
Right on man, that's awesome. Good for you :)
Technology is important, and information is power. I'm a farmer too, in the United States, and I have a server rack. Nothing as big as this, with as much hardware as this, but a lot of my farm is data-driven and I have a lot of machines all across my property sending data to a central location with software I run to give me a high level view of what's going on currently and historically, so I can make good management decisions and maximize productivity of my plants and animals. Every bit of passively and actively collected data I can think to gather, I plug into the system, and I write programs to help me make sense of it with statistical analysis and alerts for anything unusual that I might want to take a closer look at. Then I also have my home network on the same rack, back-ups for personal and professional data, etc. Next PC I build I'll put on the rack as well, and keep the noise and heat away from my desk.
Farmers planning on thin client setups, I like this aspect of living in the future.
Hey I’m Aussie to
Love to see just a video of Dan and Shawn doing cable management on the main server that Linus and Jake gave up on
Sadly, it’s probably going to be a floatplane exclusive which means we will never get to see it here on KZhead
Dan is my favorite
@@xymormyeah I’m not signing up just for that. I'm already broke 😭
@@Dave102693 It exists somewhere for free, but I am morally obligated not to tell you. Sorry...
they look like father and son, their faces are honestly incredibly similar
I love that its clearly visible how enthusiastic Jake is about all the Network stuff and how its set up, to the point that even as someone who doesn't neet any of that goes "Hell yeah thats sick!"
I appreciate all of you at LMG for making these types of videos. I love, not only the very in depth projects like this, but the fact that you make networking equipment fairly easy to understand. As an IT student these types of videos really help my understanding of network equipment and funnily enough, I am currently in my introduction to networking course. You all are the reason I am into computers and network equipment and I can't wait to get my degree to work on actual networking equipment and computers in general. Keep up the great work, you will always mean so much to me, in a not weird way lol edit: I guess I should add that I have been watching this channel and the other channels from back when the studio/office was a house and all of your equipment and cebles were running from room to room throughout the house. There were absolutely no cares for design and it was great. You had a background for filming and the equipment was adequate enough for the, I believe, two channels at the time LTT and ChannelSuperFun I believe were the two OG ones.
18:30 Hi Jake! I work in underground utilities. If a building's internet goes down, it's either a cut service or a cut backbone. If ya'll get both services from the same ISP, there's a good chance a disruption to one service will be a disruption to both.
Came here to say exactly this. VERY likely two building within walking distance would share the exact same interruptions in service.
He really just wants more band width i bet.
Rogers and Bell both had outages in the past 20 years where they had one cable somewhere, and a backhoe cut the line or someone applied a software update and ooops! Nothing works suddenly. Test labs are expensive, that gear is expensive, and it's a bit like insurance, right? What are the odds something catastrophic will happen? Aah, I think we can delay buying this piece or that piece the lab keeps pestering us about... Who cares right? The MBAs just want their next promotion somewhere else, right? While things run well no one notices but when services vanish suddenly everyone wants to talk to the IT staff.
I visited a major satellite ground station once that was supposed to absolutely never fail or have interruptions. The infrastructure was really interesting, their power came from two separate high voltage grids and they had three internet connections, two classical fiber optic links (different providers) as well as a free-space radio link to a station on a hill several kilometers away. Of course there were backup diesels to provide power in case of outages, but the generators would take some time to get up to speed and they didn't trust battery backups. Instead they had two flywheels with several tons each constantly spinning in case they had to bridge the gap between both grid connections failing and the generators coming online (with some of the big dishes drawing a few 100kW). They've been running for a few decades and never had any downtime so far. Simply insane engineering
@gnarflord4547 that's incredible, I love that one of the best ways we have of storing energy for emergencies is a big hunk metal spinning very fast lol
As a network administrator, watching them take apart the network rack(s) gives me unholy levels of anxiety.
LTT Mission Complete
I was waiting for someone to say nothing was working.....
It's really makes you wonder why they don't have a pro at this point. You know that they are really not networking or design professionals the moment they decide to move the switch from the back of the rack to to the front and don't think about whether the flow is front to back or back to front.. Either they didn't actually pay attention to airflow direction or they don't understand it plays a part in rack design. This type of thing makes for better videos, but their lack of real knowledge and cost effectiveness is painful.
I have to say, they got a custom extralarge rack...and it's utter sh*** compared to the ones I just put in that were off the shelf Rittal - those had space on both sides for cables, PDUs, and none of the issues they had with this. (Also, the way they moved it gave me serious anxiety as well).
@@joee7452 you just answered yourself - they can make videos out of it
As an enterprise network engineer with like half my life as experience and a home lab that would have rivaled the complication(but not the speed), I found this thoroughly entertaining. While, I have an opinion of how some of the things were done and/or explained, I enjoyed the content. Do more.
I have wondered every time they do a networking/server video what 'obvious' things they're missing due to not having an actual network engineer having contributed to their infrastructure.
@@billyashworth3944Jake is honestly impressively accurate on a ton of the stuff they build out given a lack of formal training or experience. All the redundancy stuff feels pretty quaint with my experience in the Enterprise Cisco world. Without digging into the particulars of the Dell setup they installed it basically seems like stackable layer 3 switches.
Cable management in GNS3 is so much easier :D
@@billyashworth3944The VLT could have been explained better. LACP is not the "combining" of two links into one, it is a control protocol for the underlying tech (ether channel, lag, etc) and bridging it between two distinct switches is typically called MC-LAG (Multi-chassis LAG), but for the target audience I think they explain everything appropriately. I am sure there are other "issues" but this I think is meant to be more high level and getting to the nuts and bolts isn't required.
I won't lie...I've kind of started building out my home lab...and just depth of everything that there is, is insane lmao
As a network engineer its cool see you folks try to build a proper network. Not a bad idea Jake with redundant comms from either building thats how it should be done.
Man, these types of videos are all-time favorite. I like the review videos, but DIY’s and home and work upgrades are king.
I like them because you really get to see the personalities of all the members of the team. Especially Linus and his husband. Such a cute couple.
Worst part is trying to get that second Internet connection and having it on a completely separate circuit only to find out your local ISP’s all lease from the same parent company on the same cables
It’s all fun and games until you find out that both providers use the same last mile provider… sadly I know that feeling at work
For a homelab at least, that's why if you want a backup connection, make it a 4G/5G LTE one. Pretty easy to set up on even consumer routers (like Asus).
@@CheapSushi Or Starlink. I'm surprised they didn't consider that as an option. It's faster than 5G/4G LTE in theory and definitely on a different last mile link.
@@ky5666 starlink has the potential to work great, especially if they get the business plan. It would be a bit slower than they are used to, but the connection would be from Seattle; so its less likely both connections could go down at the same time.
@@ky5666 Considering the leaks from SpaceX, and Musks future prospects, I would probably avoid investing in infrastructure that is reliant on them. Not to mention the V1 vs V2 debacle
I love the networking videos. Been keeping my eye out for the infrastructure updates ever since the first whonnock died. Love how you guys make the videos crystal clear and educational on each step. Also Dan and Shaun are legends! We need to see more of them 👌
I'm happy to see real good looking cable management on network infrastructure on LTT, impressed from network rack size and features, redundancy feature and 100g
Haha, Dan measuring the doorway and making that face was hilarious
Linus compensating as usual, I see
I came here to say this. Guess I wasn't fast enough
@@101maximus101me neither
I see this as very accurate
Little man big network
lol
Glad you finally decided to get redundancy. I work for Dell and install and configure these switches just about every day.
Would love to see more network upgrade and management stuff, will be great to see the main studio rack so much cleaner compared to the last 8 years :)
Absolutely fascinated by the rack and network videos! As a network engineer, watching the Guys evolve step by step is a joy. It'd be amazing to see a CCIE or another senior network engeneer take on the challenge of designing the network. Starting with enterprise networking gear is a great move-now you just need someone who knows how to make the most of it!
spine and leaf + virtual chassi + vrrp, bgp, vxlan, lacp = done
"As someone who is not a networking engineer and who can barely configure a simple setup of 3 access points and a USG at home, I feel that Jake can handle complex technical tasks. Although Jake sometimes appears to be casual with his tech talk and comes across as a kid, he has given me the impression that he actually knows what he is doing. He seems to be passionate about technology, and if there is something he is not familiar with, he will just go learn it. I believe that Jake's expertise and enthusiasm make him capable of handling any technical challenge."
Simple 3 tier architecture. Multi chassis core and layer 2 down to the access layer. No need to over complicate it. I’d start with getting rid of the unifi shite
@@ch3vr0n123 thats near exactly how mine works!
My guess is, that the next step is trying to power all coffee machines with poe ;)
Greg and Dan really got some father-son energy going on, love it lol
It's been fun studying for the CCNA and going back and watching all the old networking videos to see what stuff I didn't really understand while watching them the first time
My house was similar. Built my networking rack under the stairs, eventually bought a taller one, then that's mostly filled, and now I have a second rack in my HVAC room to fit my Storinators because they're so deep, and that's mostly filled now too.
As stated in every video he's in, WE WANT MORE DAN! GIVE HIM HIS OWN SEGMENTS! MOAR DANNNNNN!
Jake is looking in much better shape. Good on him
I really missed the network updates, really appreciate the video ❤
As a data center cable tech all I can say is "MY EYES" to that one rack.
My network is much bigger than yours My network can walk right through the door With the feeling so pure It's got you screaming back for more
My network brings all the boys to the yard And they're like, it's bigger than yours Damn right, it's bigger than yours I can teach you, but the sponsor pays
So, you noticed too. Cool… In denial.
My network is much bigger than yours is Mine's like sticking a banana between two oranges
I was not expecting a SOAD reference, amazing.
I was about to say the same thing@@NocturneXIII
Garry very casually and "very stealthy" preparing a First Aid kit is hilarious! 😇😏
Time stamp?
@@the_undeadit's at the beginning, when the editor put the text on screen introducing him, I don't have a timestamp.
3:55
This is very similar to something we did around 10 years ago at a Michelin plant. I never get tired of watching infrastructure videos!
Working in infrastructure, these are my favorite videos. Dan and Shawn do nice work.
Gary's the best lol would love to see him on camera more but I'm sure labs going non-stop hopefully we'll get to see more of him soon.
Poor Gary. He just wanted some Internet to do his job, man.
Dell rails are definitely the best. The worst part is that all the internel components are Dell proprietary.
Very true but they're like Volkswagens. They just don't quit. I have several Dell switches at our Data Center and Corporate office. Alof them are 10+ years old and still running like a champ.
DELL EMC is good, why you need other parties ?
Tbh preferred HP rails but as HP cares only for language not actual good hardware now we had to switch (pun intended)
Arista switch rails are really nice and really easy to install. racked about 400 arista switches super nice.
SO many hosts and everyone is doing a great job, incredible
me watching this video in 1mb/s
How that even works
As a former datacenter guy, it's always cute watching you guys ooh and ahh over enterprise equipment. Having worked with it so long, I sometimes forget how cool it is to everyone else.
I get that with my camera kit. To me it’s just a camera, but a lot of people haven’t seen a full-frame DSLR with a 2.8 70-200 on the front. I always get ‘how do you know what all the buttons do?’ I don’t.
Yep, same feeling, I use similar grade tools on similar grade hardware daily.
Absolutely agree, always entertaining for the Linus crew to discover enterprise items that are minimums like the MLAG (I believe invented in 2010ish) but Dell...gross 😂
IT Mgr here for a very large automotive manufacture where we build everything with HA to keep the lines running, this is the step in the right direction for LTT. Some mistakes were made but overall good job guys.
but that's common knowledge for any corporate business... this dude is making millions and it took this long to setup HA...
So clearly HA isn't the key to profitability...@@votdfak
@@votdfakThe company is making millions sure. Large automotive corporate entity is making millions an hour. Bear in mind that LTT's growth is significant over the last few years and that's why they hired an infrastructure specialist to help them tame this beast.
one of my all time LTT favorite videos so far. So much fun to view, but really high end networking expertise going on. BRAVO !
These networking videos are my absolute favorite videos you guys do.
at 2:59 the amount of confusion on Sammi's face. The kind of "I need to prepare for something to happen which is going to be inconvinient! Just nod and play along until they leave."
Love that you dropped "canyonero" in there. The song instantly started playing in my head and I haven't seen that episode in maybe a decade or so. Just waiting for you to drop a Mr plow reference now
I'm a mechanical engineer from Australia. I've been watching for years.. and can confidently say. I still have no idea what you're talking about, but kinda understand maybe.. networking is definitely a beast on its own and you guys are almost brilliant at explanation and use of what you're showing in these vids. Lol
I mean, they also have no idea what they're doing so that might help :P While entertaining, it is also often quite jarring to see how they still haven't hired an actual network engineer.
Love seeing content that's relatable to what I do and play with day to day
That was an awesome blast! I for one look forward when Dan and Shawn are finished in the original server room with the cable management! Their cable management looks awesome!
“We didn’t think this through” defines every Startup IT department 😂
I love how much work goes into everything
What Jake is really looking for is the deployment of VXLAN-EVPN, turn the building link into a 100G DCI (data center interconnect), internet in each building and VLAN can exist at both sites without old school stretching of Layer 2.
You know too much to be watching this channel.
@@BDBD16 their channel(s) is only for people who are less knowledgeable about computing or Enterprise IT infrastructure?
you struck gold with Dan. He's great.
Having installed many server cabinets into small rooms, nowadays I always take off the doors and side panels before moving it into a small room like that. Just taking off those will lower the weight by around 100 pounds.
Love the infrastructure videos! I see you also have the cable gnomes in Canada.....the ones that come every night and mess up the patch cables in the MDF and IDF's.
Hammond Manufacturing makes really nice racks. All of the racks I have at work are from them!
Thanks @asphere8
I love that at 25:50 Linus actually wants his employees to go home and stop working. Props for encouraging a balance
Overtime pay is a bitch.
seemed more like he got caught mostly wanting to go home, used the Jake airport reason first to save face and then because he's on camera, of course he wouldn't want the employee to stay extra late (plus extra pay)
Jokes on you Linus, I have 64 ports at 40 gigabit, plus 48 ports at 10 gig, and 48 ports at 1 gig. I mean it's all in my head, but you never said if the network had to be real Edit: nvm didn't see the 100 gig switch till now
got 'im! -LS
@@LinusTechTips don't you guys consider building own game dev department? I think you can make some fun games. If you consider it please consider me as one of employees
Ye and those 100G ports can breakout to 10x10g ports etc , cool stuff :) And then you look at top of line stuff like z9664f , with 64x400gig ports :D
@@B4rr4cudk4No, different generations. Only 40Gb QSFP can break out to 10Gb. 100Gb breaks out to 4x 25Gb.
@@incandescentwithrage true, mixing up with cpak that can do 10x10g on 100g optic
So I work for Dell, and it's nice to see you guys make a video where you're not completely ripping Dell.
I flippin' love the server videos! Not just to see Jake nerd out and Dan cry, but also because "enterprise" tech is an interesting niche that's not talked about very often compared to consumer stuff 😊 Also, welcome to the chaos-in-front-of-the-camera team Shawn!
Great steps in the right direction. We (the IT department I manage) embark on this project every five years at my company. We replace firewalls and switches if they're end of life/end or support. Good cable management and staying disciplined with routing and tagging cables saves you hours of work and headaches in the future, especially when transplanting/swapping hardware. I've dealt with the space limitations and cramming everything into a single rack. Undoing that 15 years ago was a nightmare. Never again, not on my watch. Good stuff. 👍
+1 for cable tagging - and double check that the tag is accurate, and then get another tech to check as well. A wrongly tagged cable is sometimes worse than a cable that isn't tagged at all.
I totally get why Linus doesn't want to pay for a second commercial internet connection. I think he mentioned the exact price at some point, but they're like $20k a month while not even being _that much_ faster than a residential connection which costs like $60 a month.
The difference is guarantees. When you pay for commercial internet, you are getting guaranteed 24/7 network speeds with a SLA that obligates the ISP for swift repairs. . When you get residential internet, the speeds are "up to" and "lol if your internet is down due to a tree, we'll send a crew when we feel like it"
Unless they have a less than 99% internet connection uptime, I totally understand Linus. A real commercial connection goes way higher than 10k, imagine twice that just for redundancy? At that point you may also double your staff just for redundancy in case one of them can't go to work once every 3 months lol
@@leonardogodoy8687 And ideally on top of that, you'll want 2 different ISPs, preferably with 2 different fiber paths out, etc etc. That costs a pretty penny to get any telco to do.
@leonardogodoy8687 plus in many instances where that primary internet connection goes down you will also find the second one is also down, making it pontless in those situations.
This video was so exciting to watch. Makes me glad i'm studying ccna and network +
I love how they get you to the sponsor or the ad, each and every time I never see it coming.
My server can walk right through the door with a feeling so pure it's got you screaming back for more!
SOAD
Always love the server videos despite understanding maybe 10% of what you talk about
Complete respect to anyone that is so fluent in networking and to LTT team
I've done networking upgrades for a couple of major airlines in the US at major hubs. The usual practice is to have at least two main comm rooms with duel internet lines in, and even sometimes a cellular cradle point for up to provide redundant internet connectivity. There will be connections between the two rooms that will allow any one connection take over if one goes down. I can count on one hand of how many times a network has gone down hard over the last decade. And even then, it's been back up in 10-15 minutes as the network team re-routed connections that didn't work automatically.
Your ISP should be able to provide you with a second connection on an alternate path for your redundancy. You’ll be missing carrier redundancy but if the alternate path goes to a different POP you’re likely hood of downtime will be very small. Have the second path delivered to the lab.
If memory serves, they actually have a special agreement with their provider (shown in another video) where they are almost a peer, rather than a subscriber.
most company has two ISP
@@WilliamHaggerty All the better, they just need the additional leg and a bit of BGP to get some site diversity running.
@@zhen86 Linus said he was to cheap in this video to pony up for a second ISP. 😂
Coming from a career is commercial low voltage contracting (A/V, networking, and fire/intrusion); you need to have some ladder racking, cable tray, and vertical/horizontal cable managers. It hurts my heart to see all of your cables ran in the way you have. You also seem to have a much needed lack of patch panels, it makes equipment reorganization much easier. You will also want to get a good Fluke network tester and test your runs. Industry standard is to test every drop. Best of luck and hopefully you up your game!
This video gave me flashbacks considering i just did a similar cleanup of cables and reorganization of network gear
These server and networking videos are my favourite!!!
I'm of the same mindset networking my house, Linus. Get it going, set it up and unless it breaks, never touch it.
I saw that title and my Inner millennial went to system of a down "My server walks right through the door, With a feeling so pure!"
Rofl😂
Im a networking dummy but i always really enjoy these videos, the kaos and dynamics between jake and linus is gold
These are my favorite videos. Thank you!
I love watching Linus and Jake working together, they totally have that bro vibe
With four more Dell ON switches you can build yourself a speedy, redundant and easy to manage Spine & Leaf fabric just like the hyperscalers.
Seeing this motivated me to do more CompTIA Network + studying, now i want to finish the exam more early. After this one I'm going for CCNA.
The networking and configuration look complicated yet impressive. The part where you can unplug the power out of the switch and the network remains intact is particularly impressive.
I just nerd out over the Hammond enclosure. Quality choice there.
Thanks Ghost!
My network can walk right though the door. With a feeling so pure.
it's got you screaming back for
Cool! In denial
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i love seeing the rack dan is at compared to linus' when it cuts back and fourth and the dynamic of one being jank and one being pristine is super funny to me.
The joy of seeing other people do the same stuff I have done. You do not understand how wonderful that is. Also, nothing quite as sexy as sharpie on paper patch diagrams.
I never get tired of seeing them work on their infrastructure. It's super cool to see what they were working with before and how much better it is after it's done. Of course since technology is forever progressing there's always upgrading and improvements to be had.
Loved watching Gary & Dan the calm n collected duo in contrast to these 2 chaotic ones 😁
as someone who installed and cabled equipment in tier 4 datacentres and janky office cabinets for 15 years, theres so much bad going on in that old cabinet. new one looks proper. would love to see it at the end of the year.
Hey LTT, your content is amazing as always. I see you got several unifi and these dell net devices, for a company this size wouldn't be worth going with Arista or even Cisco?
Seems like your server room is pretty important to you :-) I always wondered why you don’t have a fire suppression system installed, like the one they have in colocation and server farms. Is it that you prefer water based sprinkler system instead of the gaseous systems we use in Europe?
Halon suppression systems are extremely expensive.
Well, I sell them and they are cheaper than one might think. We use argon or nitrogen, since halon is banned since 2000
I always love the Jake and Linus dynamic. Everything Jake cares about Linus is like "whatever", and everything Linus cares about Jake is like "meh". 😂
This makes me really want to adjust my setup. I'd love for something a bit cleaner, but I use a wall-mounted rack for my patch panels and switches. For what it does, it technically works fine, but it's a huge pain to access the patch panels unless they're on the top or bottom. So, I generally leave a gap between them and the nearest device. It works fine, but it means I can't get that pretty single U hop using a short cable. The rolling rack is mostly just for the server and the NVR. I guess I could've done the network gear on there too, but I didn't make the Ethernet runs long enough to easily be pulled out that far.
Love the server content! Seems like a lot of people are building racks right now.
There sure are Dawn, but we were one of the first.
I know this’ll be random but seeing Jake go from the sorta disrespectful annoying younger guy at the office INTO an actual professional in relation to a variety of different technical and media style positions is awesome. I still remember that one video where Linus made a sassy quip about Jake and the comment section. I genuinely enjoy seeing these dorks grow over the years :)
Except Jake isn't an actual professional. Anyone with *actual* network knowledge wouldn't let him near a production network, even as a simple cable monkey.
@@AC-cg4be you’re misunderstanding licensed/certified for professional. If we’d like to be pedantic, I’m a qualified/licensed professional (graduate degree with state licensure) in relation to English, education, and counseling so I tend to go by the denotative meaning as opposed to the connotative in my writing. Jake engages these particulars with a level of competency that is above an amateur while being paid… the definition of a professional. If you’d like to argue that’s not the case then I’d contend you’re being disingenuous. You further narrowed the scope of my original comment into only networking. Is he as knowledgeable as others when it comes to that? Perhaps not. Or perhaps the way in which these videos are edited doesn’t allow for the full scope of his understanding to be shown. Anywho, I hope you have a good rest of your day :)
One thing that bugs me to no end is a multi-vendor network. I mean 2 vendors is managable but when you have 4 or 5, thats 4 to 5 different OS's I have learn and it just increases the complexity for anyone who inherits it after you. That could mean different CLI syntaxes or varying GUI's. Network designs are supposed to be simplistic but effective.
it would mean less content for channel ;)
Linus took whatever he could get either cheap or sponsored.
6:23 Huge missed opportunity, for: PIVOT! PIVOT! *P I V O T T T ! ! !* 😂
This level of expertise is mind boggling amazing. This is the content I love!