RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Roger Wright
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

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2009-06-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I'd check the specifications for your servers. They will give you the temperature range they are rated to run in. Though from my experience as an electronic technician, cooler has always been better to extend the life of electronics. -Paul From: Murray Freema

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2009-06-02 Thread Klint Price - ArizonaITPro
That depends. I operate a data center in Phoenix, and it gets plenty hot here. I was under the impression that a server room at 68 degrees was optimal, but when I conducted further research several months ago, it appears 85 degrees is just fine too assuming proper air flow, failovers, and archi

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2009-06-02 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Admin Issues Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS That depends. I operate a data center in Phoenix, and it gets plenty hot here. I was under the impression that a server room at 68 degrees was optimal, but when I conducted further research several months ago, it appears 85

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2009-06-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
I've got a cheapskate boss so I've run them 95F+ for long periods of time. They're not properly rackmounted - due to our crappy and proprietary Panduit racks we have no choice but to use shelves - which may have helped them survive. Don't be surprised if you get warranty rejections from the exces

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2009-06-02 Thread John Hornbuckle
I remember us talking about this a while back-as I recall, Dell's operating specs are higher than one might think (above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, I believe). Of course, just because a piece of equipment is technically spec'd to run at a high temp doesn't mean that doing so won't shorten its life.

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2009-06-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:34 PM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > Of course, just because a piece of equipment is technically spec’d to run at > a high temp doesn’t mean that doing so won’t shorten its life. Exactly. The specifications just tell you the temperature above which the equipment will not

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2009-06-03 Thread Jon Harris
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 wrote: > I get a little nervou

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2009-06-03 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I'm surprised they run at that temp. HP servers will typically shutdown around 90F. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS I

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2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Eh? I've had racks of HPs running @ 100+ during HVAC events... -sc -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS I'm surprised they run at that temp. HP se

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2009-06-03 Thread Maglinger, Paul
: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS Eh? I've had racks of HPs running @ 100+ during HVAC events... -sc -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul

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2009-06-03 Thread David W. McSpadden
PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS Eh? I've had racks of HPs running @ 100+ during HVAC events... -sc -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS I

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2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
[mailto:dav...@imcu.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:34 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS > > Even if you keep the room in the mid 70's you should get a reading > right > next to the servers in the rack

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2009-06-03 Thread David W. McSpadden
Sorry, It was. Having same type issues here and used that analogy and it worked for now. - Original Message - From: "Steven M. Caesare" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:42 AM Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

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2009-06-03 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS Even if you keep the room in the mid 70's you should get a reading right next to the servers in the rack you will see about a 15 to 20 degrees difference. Tell your boss it is

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2009-06-03 Thread David Lum
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS Even if you keep the room in the mid 70's you sh

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2009-06-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Front, side, top and > bottom temps should be very close to the same. > TVK > > > -Original Message- > From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:34 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATU

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2009-06-04 Thread paul chinnery
: tvanderk...@expl.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:59:04 -0500 Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS The part that I find most admins miss in the specs mentioned is the humidity. When you are running the A/C in a r

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2009-06-04 Thread David Mazzaccaro
I assume max temp = max room temp, not actual server temp? From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS +1 We have ours around 65 and

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2009-06-04 Thread paul chinnery
Yes Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:38:14 -0400 From: david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com I assume max temp = max room temp, not actual server temp? From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1

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2009-06-04 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, 2 Jun, 2009 at 16:59, tvanderk...@expl.com wrote: >> The part that I find most admins miss in the specs mentioned is the >> humidity. When you are running the A/C in a room almost constantly the >> humidity tends to drop fairly quickly. ... I have seen plenty of > servers over the years

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2009-06-04 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
CRAC's are big, noisy and blow a lot of things around if it's not secured..and keeps the humidity levels stable. When ours was installed a couple of years ago, I was doing some serious praying...we didn't know for sure that it would roll across our raised floor without collapsing it, and that

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2009-06-04 Thread paul chinnery
500 Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS From: saber...@gmail.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com CRAC's are big, noisy and blow a lot of things around if it's not secured..and keeps the humidity levels stable. When ours was installed a couple of ye