Refreshed fiber cable management in home setup [still needs work]

Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/s9rs2t/3d_printed_fiber_management_spools_for_my_new_10/

After seeing those spools, I designed and 3D printed a pair of my own (with a slightly different design): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5222585 (just uploaded, may take some time).

I also swapped the 4U wall-mount with a 8U, and decided to tidy everything up a bit. Still need to do some work overall on the Ethernet cables, and run another fiber line to the server rack (10gbps just isn't enough, I need the 20, for *reasons*). Also need to finish moving the 2nd pihole Pi into that main rack (is currently in the upstairs network rack).

Here's the network layout: https://imgur.com/a/ywBq6p3

Eventually I want to swap out the two 24 port non-pro switches with something that'll support 10gbps uplinks, potentially Unifi's new Enterprise 24 POE, to get 2.5gbps ethernet everywhere. But for now, this feels like it's humming along nicely.

Otherwise, this feels like it made a massive difference to the overall install...

Your doing everything right, bend radius and such. I guess you just need some well placed cable managers to hide the cable chaos. Any space behind equipment to route some of the patches from the back. Some times we will just run a screw through thick velcro to create a little route to manage extra slack of our patch cords. Or some D rings around the perimeter of the backboard.

Must be nice to need 2.5 Gb to home devices, you must have some serious hardware on your rigs.

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nice work! love the orange

Cool. Circles are best for fibre.

Very nice cable management there! Good service loop and bend radius controls!

I also really like that small wall mounted rack. Seems about the perfect choice and size for most home entrance closets.