Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Environment Temperature

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> While that temperature in itself does not neccesarily spell disaster
> for a freestanding computer, what temperature do you think will be
> inside a RaQ, mounted inside a rack, with a room temperature like
> that. This one of the factors that contributes to shorter component
> life.

The MIPS-based raq's are a lot less prone to over-heating than the AMD and
Intel servers.  So actually the Raq2's may be able to handle that heat
better than some other servers.

Hard drives would be my main concern.  A server room/datacenter/co-location
facility should be air conditioned as *minimum* requirement.  Every
datacenter I have been in has been pleasantly cool.

Also if the climate control is piss-poor (and not that expensive,
realatively, to do right), I'd be *real* concerned about: fire supression,
the quality of the routers, alternative routes, power protection, the people
running the place, etc.  I don't suppose it is a raised-floor facility
either?

> IMNSHO, an ISP that maintains a computer room at 32C, and then
> maintains "Nema problema" (plz don't correct my spanish, Rodolfo -
> it's a quote from Terminator II :^), reveals an degree of
> unprofessionality that I wouldn't find comforting...

Its a serious indication of other possible problems, that is for sure.

-k