Your specs from server mfg should be your guideline. Whatever the ambient temp is in the room is NOT what the internal temps are on the servers, so whatever it takes for the ambient room temp to keep the internal server temps at acceptable operating ranges should be what you need to set your AC at. You need to be monitoring the temps inside the servers. (Most servers have utilities that will do that from the mfg)
I can guarantee you that if my server room ambient temp is 90+ degrees that the internal temps on the servers are at least 20-30 degrees hotter, and that I've already gone into emergency shutdown mode to protect hardware. We keep our AC unit set at about 65 degrees. You've got to have some kind of time buffer for yourself in the event that the AC fails so that you can safely shutdown to save hardware. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:13 AM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 > degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their > operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. > > > > A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room > becomes hot – does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that > recommends against a 90+ deg server room? > > > > *Dave Lum* - Systems Engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 > *"..*remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by > riding the back of the tiger ended up inside*"** - JFK*** > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
