Adding to that... What kind of Fire Suppression System are you using? Water? Ouch! If money is no option - and in today's economy I'm sure it isn't ;o) there are some chemical solutions available (FM200 for example) that a construction company I worked for use to install when building telecom switching sites. It will supress the fire but not harm the equipment.
Just something else for you to loose sleep over. ~Amy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Colunio Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Server room Environment Another consideration is how all this is monitored. For example: Is there a system set up that sends alerts above a temperature threshold (say 82 degrees) or below a humidity threshold (maybe 20%)????? Then is a proper fire and alarm system present? Is the power supplied to the room on breakers of their own.... how many.... how distributed. All other comments are valuable.... I just wanted to give some of the things that I had to go through as we reconstructed our server space this past year. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Cozine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:37 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Server room Environment > Don't forget the simple things. Our server room is nothing more than unused > office space in a complex with centrally controlled HVAC. This building was > not designed to house computer equipment and management understandably so) > maintains the temperature in that sector as suitable for an office space. > Aside from running a stand alone AC unit, we "secretly" turn off the vents > above the drop ceiling that feed that room in the winter to turn off the > heat, and then back on in the summer to allow the AC through. (The adjoining > office spaces are used as storage so the temp changes don't affect other > employees.) We've also removed the ceiling panel above the largest/hottest > rack to allow the heat to move up into the drop ceiling and out of our room. > Additionally, when planning your rack place hotter items towards the top of > the rack so that they don't heat up items above them. It's not highly > technical advice, but it helps. > > ~Amy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Tolmachoff > (Lists) > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 1:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Server room Environment > > > Thanks for all the great responses. > > In my case, I have 6 tower units on a shelving cart. All have at least once > case fan in addition to the CPU fan and PS fans. > > My room is 5X8. (Yes, cramped.) I have 2 portable AC units (property > management won't allow wall or window units.) The temperature I know is > fine. It is the humidity I am concerned with. It is staying in the 50-60% > range. > > I am using a APC management card with integrated environment probe. > > John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA > Engineer/Consultant > eServices For You > www.eservicesforyou.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
