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Estimate power and cooling for server room

We are trying to determine the right power and cooling for a new server room which would be about 350 sq ft., our power is 220V. We are initially only planning to start with a single rack with potential of expanding upto 4 or 6. The rack would have…
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Temperature in server room

I was just wondering if anyone had an idea if the following values for a server room are acceptable or what needed to be changed. In the room the temperature is 17c with RH of 38% and Dewpoint of 2.2c Why would my Dew point be at 2.2c when my temp…
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Should maintenance staff have access to server rooms?

After reading a similar question on Reddit, I wanted to hear from the serverfault community on the practice of letting maintenance staff in to server rooms without supervision. There are obvious dangers such as: Theft (both of physical servers and…
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Reduce vibration by suspension?

We have a location near a railroad line and when trains go by the vibration seems substantial enough to possibly cause (or explain) harddrive damage. I wonder if suspending a machine or hanging it in some fashion might alleviate the problem,…
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Implement a rule to access physically the server room

We have a server room and right now it's like in wild west: the strongest one can get in and do whatever he wants. I would like to prepare a list of rules to follow to monitor the access and understand who got in so we can track who did what to…
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Is there a good way to build a DIY LCD KVM?

I've wondered for some time whether it would be possible to build an LCD KVM. My server room has two KVM switches with CRTs, and I really don't want to shell out $1000+ on one of the nice 1U rackmount pull-out KVMs just for a bit more rack space. Is…
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APC InRow Cooling for a small server room

We recently added some hardware to our server room, and our 12000 BTU Mitsubishi Mr. Slim isn't cutting it (was undersized to begin with). Our humidity is also too low (~30%). To meet our needs, plus have some margin for growth, we need about 36000…
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Server Room Protocols/Server Room Management

I'm new to this site but have found the articles and feedback very useful. We have a Server Room which our Organisation owns and controls, yet there are several thirs party companies that have open access to this room. As such, we have been asked…
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Portable server room air-con options

We are looking for portable industrial air conditioners for our server room which whould blow hot air to the ceiling cavity, split-system is not an option. Something exactly like this would be ideal, but unfortunately not available in…
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How to separate the display and peripherals from the actual computer?

I am trying to see if its possible to toss all the computers in the server room and just run cables out of it. The end goal is you just sit down at your desk and all you have is a display and peripherals. No computer can be seen or heard. One idea…
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Is the temperature differential in my server room to large under heavy load

I have two temperature readings for my server room one measures the ambient temperature the other measures the exhaust for a server cluster. I have noticed recently that the difference between these temperatures can reach near 30F is this to large?…
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Hardware Checks after Air Conditioning Failure

We had an overnight air conditioning failure. We discovered that the temperature in the server room had reached about 110-115°F (43-46°C). We powered off everything that hadn't already and had the A/C fixed. Now that it's fixed, I'm concerned of the…
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Downsizing From a Cage to Racks

When moving from a cage to racks at a datacenter, what is some equipment I might need. I have already thought about pull-out monitor/keyboard and IP KVMs. What else might I need? Also, how do you store the extra stuff such as network cables?
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Server room door automatic opener

I'm looking to solve the problem of having the server room door open "automatically" when we need to move a large amount of equipment into the room. The typical case is the lab admin gets a large box and holds it with both hands as he hip-checks…
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Blackout Blind for a server room

Would getting a blackout blind reduce the temperature of my server room? I have already silvered the windows and our aircon is struggling but we are not in a position to be able to replace the aircon yet. Sorry if this question is out of scope
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