SERVER CABINETS

[plexer]

One of the first things I did here was secure the room all the comms equipment was installed into that was an office and turn it into a server room. Had the faulty air con unit replaced with a new one and moved all the servers in there.

 

Ben

[NetworkGeezer]

I'm lucky. All of my servers and network gear now lives in a dedicated air-conditioned server room. It was hell having to share an office with them in our old facility.

 

You never here that in the Bond films

[bossman]

I would just like air-con in my office that i share with 8 servers and of course not forgetting webman. It's not for me but for the servers poor darlings are fed up up of hot sweats (it's all down to hormones), i have tried to pursade smt but it is like talking to a brick wall. Have gone down every avenue even to actually mentioning to headteacher about the HSE would close the IT network down as the equipment is running above manafacturers specs and poses a fire risk, what does he say quote "well we will have to run an evaluation of the situation and see what can be done" it has been a running saga for 4 years now and yet no further forward except for webman to be moved into a worse case scenario as you all know.

[pete]

@bossman

 

Just get a bloke in to do a quote - see if it's cheaper than the head thinks it would be.

[john]

They quickly learn when you point out the cost of and A/C VS New Servers when they go boom due to heat etc...

[Andrew_C]

No, they won't learn UNTIL it all goes BOOM! Then they won't be able to take registers, show pretty pics, or book their hols on line. Then they'll understand what you have been saying for years...

 

Don't forget that there may be good reasons why A/C is difficult, it uses a LOT of power for a start. If this is what is holding your school back, look at proper ventilation. Suck the hot air out of the top of the room and allow cooler air in low. This may help if the ambient air is at a suitable temp, even if it's not as good as real A/C.