I can't say much about my current situation as we only have one rack. However, at a previous position, we had a *bunch* of racks literally side-by-side jammed so close together you couldn't fit a sheet of paper between them. Of course, those racks had open bottoms with forced-air cooling coming up from the raised floor (about 6" or so off "ground" level, presumably for cabling and ventilation.) Granted these were running older servers (old Compaq Proliants - quad PII Xeons, IIRC in some of them) so the cooling might not have been as critical as it is with newer CPUs. That being said, it was almost always cold enough to hang meat in there (OK, not really.. more like about 60-65 degrees F.)
YMMV. I look forward to what others say John-AldrichThread-Count From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 4:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Cc: Augusta_Kimble/as...@aspca.org Subject: Placement and spacing of server racks Greetings! Our server room is finally getting some badly needed upgrades (including the removal of a partial wall, more power, and a real server room cooling unit). We currently have three server racks. Once this renovation project is complete, we will be adding two fairly full server racks. We are hoping to have these upgrades keep the room adequate for another 5 years. So, depending on the recommendations of rack spacing, it may be necessary to take out another wall and expand into what is currently an office. So, the questions are: 1. How closely together do you space your server racks? That is, how much space between each rack? 2. How far out from the walls to you have them (both for air flow and for rear access)? I believe the current dimensions of the room would allow 7 racks (and we are already claiming space for 5) along one wall and with room for another 1-2 on another wall. Your recommendations may force us to re-consider. Thank you... -- richard ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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