J Hooks are what you need--you want the wider type--they are specifically for datacom/telecom
Thin wire J Hooks are for hanging electrical running in some kind of conduit, like flex, seal-tite, etc.
Don't skip Xen--for enterprise it's definitely worth looking at. If money is no object VMware > Xen > Hyper-V. But if you just need it to work on the cheap, Xen > *
I see this done at T-Mobile stores all the time.
They use coiled Network & Power Cables. Like whats on a corded telephone to a handset. So it doesn't look horrible I guess. Next time I'm in one I'll try to snap a pic and post. They do this for their computers spread around the store.
Play around with srcds on EC2 or RS:Cloud. I wouldn't go buy hardware unless you plan to colo it.
When you start the server it will advertise itself to the master servers to get listed on steam's server browser--
You set the slots on the command-line when you start the server...
Biggest...
Rackspace Cloud Servers--
Better pricing (in most cases) then EC2, better performance (test results @ http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison).
Only downfall is no persistent storage, it's coming eventually, but not yet. I get around that by simply resizing my servers to their...
I got my CVE (VMtraining's Certified Virtual Expert) a few weeks ago--test was a breeze for me, I want to take the VCP test without fufilling the class requirement. I would still put it on my resume as Passed VCP Exam and if they ask why are you not certified I'll explain the whole class...