waterproofing.

[plexer]

Well after all the rain and flooding yesterday I'm a bit concerned.

 

Currently all of my servers are pedestal and sit about an inch off the floor on a piece of worktop.

 

I'm now thinking I should move them on to the top of the bench out of harms way.

 

Trouble is there's no way I can move the smart-ups 5000 up there so I was thinking about sitting it inside a large flat bottomed plastic box.

 

Can anyone see a problem with that?

 

Ben

[DAckroyd]

that should be fine as a short term thing but I would look into something a bit more perminant also - if you are close to a server upgrade then looking at rack mountable and put them higher up in the cab for water clearance possibly?

[Domino]

Well after all the rain and flooding yesterday I'm a bit concerned.

 

Currently all of my servers are pedestal and sit about an inch off the floor on a piece of worktop.

 

I'm now thinking I should move them on to the top of the bench out of harms way.

 

Trouble is there's no way I can move the smart-ups 5000 up there so I was thinking about sitting it inside a large flat bottomed plastic box.

 

Can anyone see a problem with that?

 

Ben

 

You want to put your UPS in a large water carrier....

 

...in a room with known water leaks...

 

....no should be fine

[plexer]

I never said we had any leaks there was no water in the server room at all.

 

If there had been there more action would be taken.

 

Ben

[TNE]

Depending on the size of container it may cause the ambient temperature to rise which can affect battery life and also check minimum gaps required especially to ventilation grills.

[plexer]

Thanks thats the kind of constructive comments I was looking for.

 

Once I've moved the servers up I will have a lot of room to put a big container, or maybe one of those car boot liner type ones, moulded plastic.

 

Ben

[Little-Miss]

I agree with TNE, first thing i thought about was the temperature of the Batteries. Otherwise i think its quite a good idea.

[Domino]

Well after all the rain and flooding yesterday I'm a bit concerned.

 

 

sorry, but that and then talking about server moving lead me to believe you'd had problems.

[ricki]

Hi

 

Bricks and breeze blocks are good for lifting things off the floor.

 

Richard

[pete]

Get site staff to knock up a plinth to hold the ups's (upi?) 6 inches off the ground?

 

Most networking/comms/office supply catalogues have heavy duty meccano-style shelves that you can build to whatever height you choose.

[enjay]

Our server room and IT Suites are 3 storeys up - does that count as flood defence?!

[DAckroyd]

Our server room and IT Suites are 3 storeys up - does that count as flood defence?!

 

depends if the other two floors are below ground

[SpuffMonkey]

Our server room and IT Suites are 3 storeys up - does that count as flood defence?!

 

No - I had a client years ago who had their server room 2 stories up - and their water tank burst and flooded the lot

[Gatt]

Knowing this place, we wont get a UPS until the horse has bolted (a la the Air Conditioning saga from the last 2 years)

[timzim]

if you are close to a server upgrade then looking at rack mountable and put them higher up in the cab for water clearance possibly?

 

Our rack-mountable SmartUPS 5000 weighs 90kg. Maybe not the safest idea to put it high in the rack...