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Considerations for Raised Floor Installation?
shanm asks: "I'm wondering if the community would have any recommendations and or cost rules of thumb on a raised floor installation. I'm considering doing that in a basement room (soon to be PC room and office) to make network/power wiring easier, modifiable, and expandable. The biggest constraint is that the basement doesn't have a 9 or 10 foot ceiling. So I don't have an unlimited height on the floor."
It's ok to just say that your dad won't let you put holes in the walls. We'll understand.
She might get upset if you go around raising floors in her basement without her permission.
Sounds like the poster has the case of server room envy, so bad to the point he is willing to build the experience right into his own home. Sadly this is probably because he cannot find a job where he is access to a raised floor area, and he is jealous. No telling why he is acting this way, but we could guess it because his own incompetence in finding these kind of jobs, or a lack of them in his local. Whatever the case maybe, had he actually worked in a place that has raised floors, especially for any prolonged amount of time, would cause you to associate them to *AHEM* work, and not the sort of thing you want around the home. I recommend spending the money on more schooling which is a better use of the huge amount of cash that it costs to have raised floors, UPS systems, diesel generator, or whatever else it will take to get this guys expanding inferiority complext smothered. I bet anything the poster is a short fellow too! ;)
It isn't a lie if you belive it.
"Have to aggree with the both Parents here"
Same here. Listen to your parents, dammit!
They said you could *live* in the basement. They didn't say anything about screwing around with raising the floor.
P.S. Since your parents are posting on slashdot, you might want to think about installing some encryption software so they can't sniff your network traffic. You don't think the *accidentally* came across your Ask Slashdot post, do you???
First, you can't easily clean under there. Dust will accumulate in quantities you can't begin to imagine, followed by dust mites, mold, and other assorted evil.
If the floor really is under positive pressure this isn't so much an issue - all the dust is blown straight up into the tape drives!
Seriously, though, you should be able to clean your nasty floor tiles. A 1690's clipper-ship wet-mop probably isn't the right tool, but even so, I've seen raised-floor installations completely flooded by burst pipe, and if the grounding is done right the data center keeps going. A bit of mopping shouldn't be too much trouble, but try cleaning spray and a swiffer to start. Eww - nerds are dirty.
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