Questions tagged [server-room]
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Server corrosion, air conditioning and climate control
We made the unfortunate discovery that our servers in our in-office server room are rusting away. This came to light after the first one had failed.
One obvious candidate is the AC unit, that something is wrong with its humidity regulation. So, I…
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How do you compute the AC capacity needed for a server room?
We've got a small server room ( approximately 600 square feet in area ), and three partially-filled racks of servers, switches, et cetera.
What's the best-practice way of computing the AC capacity needed to hold temperature/humidity conditions…
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How can you predict the amount of cooling needed for a particular piece of equipment?
Every summer we have to shut down some equipment due to a combination of outside temperature and high load. The air conditioners just can't keep up. As we cycle in new equipment and cycle out old, it would be nice to know if we are making our…
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How do I calculate cooling cost per server?
I'm attempting to figure out the power/cooling draw for some old servers that I'd virtualized.
Starting with info in this question, I've taken the 880W the old boxes appeared to be drawing (according to the APC logs), and gotten 2765 BTUs/hr, or 1…
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Noisy server rooms
Are everyone else's server rooms noisy?
Do you have continuous sound metering, do you put meters in from time to time, or do you just put up with it?
Does anyone wear ear protectors in a server room?
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Rack layout tools
I'm wondering if there's any tools (preferably offline) that would allow me to layout all of the new equipment that will be going into several standard racks. Currently I'm using Excel to map out all of the slots columns for the data but I suspect…
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How would you measure the amount of atmospheric dust in a server room?
We've been advised by our tape library vendor that one of the reasons we might be seeing lots of errors is if our server room is particularly dusty.
It doesn't look dusty, but that's not to say it's not there.
We've got an environment sensor…
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Computer controlled winch
It was a long time coming but I've just had AC installed in my server room. I've also purchased a MiniGoose II from ITWatchDogs which I can't say enough about. So I'm covered by cooling, and I'll be alerted if something goes wrong but what if I'm a…
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How to decrease humidity level in a server room
We have a small server room and the humidity level inside the room is far from the ideal. We have been measuring it between 60% and 68% for 3 months. Ambient room humidity inside the building is about 50%.
Using dry mode of the air conditioner did…
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Troubleshooting unusual server room power issue. (Suspected power surges or spikes)
We have been experiencing a very strange problem in our new office's server room across all the power outlets.
Specifically, when all the equipment is up and running (i.e. the air conditioning system, 2x rack mounted servers, 5x 48-port PoE switches…
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Where to locate power outlets on server rack?
I'm building a new server room, and have to decide where I'll be locating the power outlets (120V 30AMP locking connectors) that my UPSs will be powered from. In the past I've put the outlets on the back wall, and just run the cords up and over the…
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Ionization option on our A/C turned on or off in a server room?
Our server room is a converted closet, and we have a pair of wall-mounted air conditioning units to cool the room. These are both pointed towards the front of the server racks, and there are a couple small vents for hot air. We definitely don't…
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How do I locate a high-pitched screetching sound in my server room?
What are the steps to troubleshoot my server room? There is a high-pitched screeching sound that is starting to drive me crazy. I am not sure if it may be a fan, but as there is no tech support in-house; I would like to try and figure out what's…
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Data Center Design and Preferences
When either selecting a data center as a co-location facility or designing a new one from scratch, what would your ideal specification be?
Fundamentally, diversified power sources, multiple ISPs, redundant generators, UPS, cooling, and physical…
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Office Server Room With Bad HVAC Affecting Lungs
I work in a University office that is a small triangle in shape, about ten feet at the window and five feet at the door, with a length of about fifteen feet. The University has used this office to also host about eight Dell servers and several PCs…
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