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What's the Proper Temperature for a Server Room?
Izzard asks: "As a network engineer, I sometimes have to spend many hours in other people's server rooms. One in particular has a good few servers, DVD jukebox, plenty of monitors and switches etc. It's a thick, stone-walled room with a big door. It would get very, very warm were it not for the two huge air conditioning units in there. Someone has decided that these units will be set to maintain a constant air temperature of 17-18 deg. C (62-64F). After an hour or so of sitting in the air stream from these units my legs go numb and fall off and I can't type. Now my guess is that it would be fine to set the units to maintain, say, 21-22 deg. C (70-71F) to make it more comfortable for those of us who have to work in there. This argument comes up a lot, and my position is that the room doesn't need to be refrigerated, *per se*...it only needs to be prevented from overheating. Consequently I maintain that a *consistent* temperature of 'pleasant' for the room is almost as good a consistent temperature of 'a bit nippy'. Is there a definitive answer to this?"
After an hour or so of sitting in the air stream from these units my legs go numb and fall off and I can't type.
You type with your legs that is awesome.
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Why not fork?
4.2 kelvin. liquid helium. turbo charge your servers with superconductivity.
Everyone is born right-handed; only the greatest overcome it
Otherwise, keep it at 65 degrees, and either learn to deal with it, or learn to bring a sweater with you.
Hey, c'mon now! Give him some advice he can actually use! He specifically said "After an hour or so of sitting in the air stream from these units my legs go numb and fall off and I can't type." You should be advising him to "learn to wear pants" instead!
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"Is there a definitive answer to this?"
Buddy... this is SLASHDOT.
I pay close to $120 a month to keep my apartment 62F year round, and I save a huge amount of money because I don't have to constantly repair and replace equipment.
Really? I too keep my apartment at 62 F year round, and I've been having problems with some of my more sensitive equipment. In particular, I'm noticing some shrinkage. Do you have any advice?
"_I_ spend $1400 on A/C every year. Aren't I cool???"
As a matter of fact, yes.
Moderate drunk! It's more fun that way!