Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For small setups (handfuls of commodity x86 servers running in small > businesses),
Does 300+ still count as a handful? ;) > PCs are a lot more tolerant of temperature and humidity then the > mini's and mainframes of yore. The ideal temperature for most PCs is > in the mid to low 60's, I believe (check mfg specs), but even 70 is > usually okay. You want to avoid it getting much warmer then that, > though. It usually won't cause immediate trouble, but it will shorten > the lifespan of components. I can attest to that, as our room regularly runs at ~70F and sometimes warmer. And that's with ~20tons of cooling provided by a mix of "building AC" and a 5ton "Move'n'Cool" venting to the outside. > Make sure you can isolate air exchange, too. Otherwise, your fancy > computer AC will be trying to cool the whole building in the summer. > This is especially bad when the office people want it at 73 degrees > and the CRAC wants 68. In our last building we had the AC units pumping the hot air into the raised ceiling, which it turned out was also the return-air plenum for the building's AC system :) -- Seeya, Paul _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
