I remember us talking about this a while back-as I recall, Dell's operating specs are higher than one might think (above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, I believe).
Of course, just because a piece of equipment is technically spec'd to run at a high temp doesn't mean that doing so won't shorten its life. Because of that, we keep our servers running in the 70s. And as others have mentioned, humidity is an even bigger problem that typically comes with cutting back the A/C. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses. With the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to up the thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus save some money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid 70's, and I'm concerned about higher temps in the server room causing servers to crash or at least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is the maximum operating temperature for a room with servers? We humans are not in the room that often, so it's strictly a case of a safe temperature for the hardware. There's no need to determine how many servers I have or how large the room is, just the temperature necessary to safely operate servers. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
