On Thursday 02 April 2009 3:27:01 pm Dave Smith wrote: > By the way, my company created a Visio add-in to do the same thing, and > after about 3 racks full of gear, Visio used over 1GB of RAM and ground > to a halt. Needless to say, we aren't Visio experts, and I was only too > happy to have a reason to ditch Visio. > > We ended up rolling our own software with Qt, and it rocks. > > All you data center monkeys out there: Would this sort of tool be useful > to you? It lets you drag-and-drop equipment into racks, create custom > equipment "stencils", cable stuff together, etc. It can produce lots of > nice reports, like rack elevation documents and cable labels. > > --Dave > > William Attwood wrote: > > Visio has 3rd party software you can use to lay out specific hardware > > in specific racks; down to the make and model of servers and other > > devices. > > > > Google visio server stencils > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pluggers: > >> > >> Does anyone know of software (commercial, Free, or otherwise) that > >> can be used to layout server racks? Think data center. I want > >> software to help me plan out, physically, where my servers and other > >> equipment will reside in their respective racks. Ideally, it would > >> also help me plan cabling needs as well (like how long my cat-5 > >> cables or power cables need to be). > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> --Dave > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */
I'd love that! -- Jessie Morris /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
