If they don't have AC and those servers are in a closed room that room will get a lot hotter then the rest of the building due to the heat output of the servers.
My Prolients are speced to 95 also. They will even keep running at 98, I know because its happened and not just for a few hours. Your certainly shortening the life of the equipment. I just had to replace a HDD in a server and I am now looking to replace our firewall which now freezes all the time. We have AC issues, ongoing AC issues, it sucks :-( ----- Original Message ----- From: David Lum To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:54 PM Subject: RE: Server room temp Thanks everyone..funny, I have already linked that exact page, as well as what Jacob sent, as well as Bob and Sherry's e-mails. I also recommended setting thermal shutdown temps in BIOS if possible, as well as a USB temp monitoring/notification device. They are notoriously low on money, but geez. These guys don't have AC, and I'm telling them they need it. Dave From: Derik Peek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp Our Server room temp is set at 60 and it stays about 63-65 during the day. The cost of the Air running a little harder is a lot less than having to replace a server a lot sooner than expected. http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/recommended-server-room-temperature.php From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Fronk Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp That is way too hot. Although I don't have any documentation. Just because the operating temp says 50-95, I wouldn't want to stay on the high side for long. The Liebert at one of my remote sites quit working the other day and the room went from 68 to 118 degrees within minutes. Servers shut themselves down before we could shut them down gracefully. Your friend is hovering at the "damage equipment line" in my opinion. They are certainly shortening the life of the equipment. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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> ~
