Inergen gas dump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F7qyY15_14
I have seen a test (4-5yrs ago) myself by a vendor to prove it's not dangerous. On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 11:34 Matthew Thompson <matt...@thompsons.id.au> wrote: > The NextDC system reminds me of a similar one that is widely used at a > particular carrier’s exchanges, known as Inergen. I was always taught that > the Inergen system would lower oxygen concentration but not low enough to > incapacitate you unless you stayed in the environment for an extended > period. Basically, if you heard the Inergen deployment alarm go off, you > had a good few minutes to evacuate safely without asphyxiating. > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 10:23, Christopher Hawker <m...@chrishawker.com.au> > wrote: > >> We all will be safe in Equinix DCs, as they don’t use Halon: >> >> “We use dry pipe fire suppression, which means there’s no water in the >> pipes until it’s needed to put out the fire. We think water is superior to >> using the firefighting chemical compound Halon, because water Is less >> damaging to technology and Halon can destroy circuit cards.” >> >> Source: >> https://blog.equinix.com/blog/2014/03/26/we-must-protect-this-house-against-disaster/ >> >> Can’t say the same for NextDC (M1 at the very least: >> >> “This is because gas is a mixture of argon and nitrogen that suppresses >> fire by depleting oxygen in the the data hall.” >> >> Source: >> https://www.nextdc.com/blog/m1-argonite-fire-suppression-gas-cylinders >> >> CH >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 13 Dec 2018, at 10:53 am, Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Every data centre has a fire suppression system. We're not used to >> thinking of this as a hazardous environment, but consequent to two techs >> being found dead working on a fire suppression system in Antarctica >> <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/antarctica-two-technicians-dead-mcmurdo-station-ross-island>, >> I find myself wondering yet again, why there aren't more stringent controls >> around the fire suppression systems in data centres: viz - when you enter a >> data centre, how confident can you be you're not going to be quietly >> asphyxiated? >> >> Kind regards >> >> Paul Wilkins >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AusNOG mailing list >> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net >> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AusNOG mailing list >> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net >> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> > -- > Kind regards, > Matthew Thompson > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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