Yeah but like me you are in Florida where we sometimes get nights above 80. Personally I like it no higher than 75 but will accept with a lot of complaining higher but like Roger says 80 and above is just not good.
Jon On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Roger Wright <rwri...@evatone.com> wrote: > I get a little nervous when the temp gets above 80 in my server vault. > Anything below that and I’m happy enough. > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > Network Administrator > > Evatone, Inc. > > 727.572.7076 x388 > > _____ > > > > *From:* Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:20 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS > > > > Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses. With > the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to up the > thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus save some > money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid 70's, and I'm > concerned about higher temps in the server room causing servers to crash or > at least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is the maximum operating > temperature for a room with servers? We humans are not in the room that > often, so it's strictly a case of a safe temperature for the hardware. > There's no need to determine how many servers I have or how large the room > is, just the temperature necessary to safely operate servers. > > > > *Murray * > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
