My racks are set side by side touching each other (3 racks + stand up APC UPS). I've got room to open the backs but the wall is probably 6" behind the open doors.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:40 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > I can’t say much about my current situation as we only have one rack. > However, at a previous position, we had a **bunch** of racks literally > side-by-side jammed so close together you couldn’t fit a sheet of paper > between them. Of course, those racks had open bottoms with forced-air > cooling coming up from the raised floor (about 6” or so off “ground” level, > presumably for cabling and ventilation.) Granted these were running older > servers (old Compaq Proliants – quad PII Xeons, IIRC in some of them) so the > cooling might not have been as critical as it is with newer CPUs. That being > said, it was almost always cold enough to hang meat in there (OK, not > really.. more like about 60-65 degrees F.)**** > > ** ** > > YMMV. I look forward to what others say**** > > ** ** > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Thread-Count]**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, September 02, 2011 4:21 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Cc:* Augusta_Kimble/[email protected] > *Subject:* Placement and spacing of server racks**** > > ** ** > > Greetings! > > Our server room is finally getting some badly needed upgrades (including > the removal of a partial wall, more power, and a real server room cooling > unit). > > We currently have three server racks. Once this renovation project is > complete, we will be adding two fairly full server racks. We are hoping to > have these upgrades keep the room adequate for another 5 years. So, > depending on the recommendations of rack spacing, it may be necessary to > take out another wall and expand into what is currently an office. > > So, the questions are: > > 1. How closely together do you space your server racks? That is, how much > space between each rack? > > 2. How far out from the walls to you have them (both for air flow and for > rear access)? > > I believe the current dimensions of the room would allow 7 racks (and we > are already claiming space for 5) along one wall and with room for another > 1-2 on another wall. Your recommendations may force us to re-consider. > > Thank you... > -- > richard **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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