Not heat related, but do any of these servers you run receive email for the company? My current contract has changed the default ttl on outgoing email to only 1 day, down from the typical 3. Your servers being off for 4 days, may mean a lot of bounced msgs...
On 4/29/08, John Hornbuckle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had mentioned in an earlier thread we're looking at going to a 4-day > work week over the summer so that air conditioning in our buildings > could be shut off Thursday, Friday, and Saturday each week. > > Since our server rooms (aside from our NOC) aren't on separate A/C > systems, this would mean completely shutting the servers down every > Thursday and bringing them back up on Monday. We'd also need to do the > same with all of the switches in our wiring closets. > > Upper management has seen the problems this could create, and it looks > as though instead we'll be leaving the A/C on, but at a higher > temperature. Our Dell servers are rated to run at up to 95 degrees with > 80% humidity. I don't want to hit those levels, though, and am pushing > for us to let temps get no higher than 85 degrees. > > My question is, could even this lead to problems down the road? I > understand that it's within the operating range of the servers. However, > it's still on the high side. It will result in higher-than-usual > temperatures for the servers, and their fans will run at higher speeds > (which, ironically, will consume more electricity and partially offset > the money we're trying to save). The fans are mechanical devices, so > running at higher speeds would have to reduce their lifespans somewhat, > I would think. Any other considerations? Effects on other components of > the servers? > > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
