We have our server room set at 66F. If it rises above 76F, an alarm sounds and I get notified.
As was mentioned, if the room is 90F, the internal temps will be above that. Also, what happens if the A/C goes out and the room temp is already at 90F? It is going to go up pretty darn quick. I haven't seen an official docs either but it just seems to be common sense that you need to room much cooler than the top operating temp listed in the dell docs. Craig From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp The general consensus was that if the room was at 90F, the internal temp of the equipment was MUCH too hot. Sorry, no official documentation. ________________________________ From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 "..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside" - JFK ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
