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Home Server Rooms?
Tuzanor
writes "I've got a buddy moving into a brand new house. Being
geeks, we've decided to wire the house with a large home network.
While this story
took care of wiring the house, we need to figure out how to create a
well set up server room. We'll be having both towers and rack mounted
computers as well as various switches, UPSes, etc. Also, we figure
this room will get warm, even in winter. How may we cool it while
still keeping the rest of the house toasty warm on a cold
Canadian night (without opening a window)"
Even better, put it in the bathroom, put your servers in the shower and just run water on them. Having them in that bathroom makes it easier to surf for pr0n while on the hopper.
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Is this news for nerds and stuff that matters, or just some guy saying "I'm so cool, I've got a home server room!"?
I'm sure there's gotta be something better than this SOMEWHERE in the submission queue.
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I cannot believe this got moderated up. Perhaps the moderator and the poster are from Southern California or Florida where in the depths of January opening the window means a mere 2 - 10 Deg C difference between outside and inside.
:)
However in Canada, where the mercury regularly drops to -30 to -40 C (-40 C = -40 F) in January you cannot just "open a window". Not unless you want everything to freeze.
These guys want to "cool" the room, not turn it into a flash freeze meat locker.
I understand though, if you have never experienced a Canadian winter then you would not know that opening a window when it is -40 C outside with a -60 C windchill is simply impossible. It will almost certainly result in burst water pipes and worse. Hell, I have had my pipes burst when the windows are closed.
That is why the guys who asked the question specifically said they cannot open the window. This is not because they are being stubborn, it is simply impossible.
If you do not believe me please feel free to visit Saskatoon, Winnipeg or Edmonton sometime around January 15th and take a deep breath, if you can. Most winter mornings around that time of year will literally take your breath away.
Let me tell you there is nothing like getting up in the morning to the man on the radio telling you that today will be much warmer than the last day since today exposed skin will take all of 60 seconds to freeze, up from 30 the day before.
Woohoo, shorts weather.
Cheers,
I just bought a new house too (will be finished in may 2002), and my solution is quite simple: I will use a small room (8 m2) for office and make it air conditioned. Since I use Linux, I use the same 2xCPU computer as workstation, webserver, Tribes 2 server, cvs server, sftp server, Interbase server etc. Unless your internet connection to your home is extremely large, you will never need more than one server, and that server can also be your desktop.