Ask Slashdot: Setting Up a System Integration Room At VAR?

o2binbuzios writes "Due to an office move, I have a chance to do a clean-sheet design for an integration room at a fairly large VAR ($100M+ ). I'm looking for some ideas or best practice to support 100-120 square meters (~50 x 30 ft). I'm particularly interested in ideas around efficient workflow, ways to manage cabling and electrical, and 'environmental' solutions that make it a pleasant place to work. There will be a central bench with 6-8 stations (3-4 per side) with engineers and techs who may be configuring stacks of up to 10 devices at a time that could range from servers, to network elements, to SAN & NAS devices and more. I've been looking for a paper that seems like it must exist — but I'm happy to gather good ideas one at a time or in bunches here on Slashdot."

Re:What's a VAR?

[cosm]

I've worked in IT my entire adult life and I have fucking acronyms.

You should probably get that checked out.

Twat

[Sketchly]

So you're in charge of a $100m project, and you're asking random people on the internet for advice. God, I wish I was your boss.

Re:What's a VAR?

[gadzook33]

Otherwise your Discrete Interface Control Knob might fall off.