The Virginia Community College system says all data centers should be on the ground floor but I have never seen a justification for this rule and guess what. The college where I work has its' server room is on the second floor and we have no plans to relocate it.
I'd say if you are anywhere flooding is a possibility, second floor would be better but OTOH, if tornadoes, hurricanes or earth quakes then maybe the ground floor would be best. I guess only you can weigh the factors for your situation and decide what would be best. From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mutliple Floor building If you have a Multiple Floor building where is the preferred placement of the IS/Data Center? Case in point: 3 level building Ground Level and 2 floor above. We are being told we will be in the Ground Level but we kind of wanted the 2nd Floor. Any ideas? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
