[ILUG] Re: cases and such.

[John P . Looney]

On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 12:04:05AM +0100, Dave Airlie mentioned:
> 	Does anyone here run any server machines (constantly battered) in
> slightly warm environments, no air-conditioning, bad smelling rooms ...

 Used to. The old redbrick server was kept locked in a wooden box. In case
it bit people or something. I think three disks were lost to that...

> Skynet has just suffered its most major catastrophic failure to date, the
> main 9GB SCSI drive fell to pieces and is getting very hot, we have a
> baycooler system (two fans) which used to do the job but not anymore ...

 You need heat extraction, not heat-moving-around. An air conditioner or
fan that can get hot air outside the building. If that can't be done,
you'll have to live with periodic hardware failures.

 Could be worse. I know a certain Bray company whose server room is so hot,
their Sun 690MXP catches fire regularly (it is ten years old I suppose).

Kate

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