I had the patch panels above a collection of switches in both the MDF and IDF closet. About a year in I rearranged it to the more common interleaved switches and panels, mostly just to make it look a bit cleaner.
I moved from 10g to 40g for switch interconnects in a few places, as well as used the fiber I installed to do 10g to most of the desktops, etc. Fun stuff for sure!
When I put together my own home setup (see https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeDataCenter/comments/ktz6yo/my_s... )
I had the patch panels above a collection of switches in both the MDF and IDF closet. About a year in I rearranged it to the more common interleaved switches and panels, mostly just to make it look a bit cleaner.
I moved from 10g to 40g for switch interconnects in a few places, as well as used the fiber I installed to do 10g to most of the desktops, etc. Fun stuff for sure!