I'll assume that was for Paul, not me. In any case, the 100+ degrees we saw during enviro failures were as reported thru Insight Mangler, which is indeed the internal chassis temp... often 20 degrees higher then ambient...
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:34 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS > > Even if you keep the room in the mid 70's you should get a reading > right > next to the servers in the rack you will see about a 15 to 20 degrees > difference. Tell your boss it is like running a temperature yourself. > You > can survive and function at 104 degrees but you are miserable, you > don't > give accurate information, and you are sluggish. You could possible > slip > into a coma if your temp goes up a degree or two and you could lose > brain > function and memory loss. If that is what he wants by saving a few > dollars > then yeah raise. Hell shut it off and hope the internal fans keep it > cool > enough. If the AC is pulling to much power maybe a wiser approach is > to get > an energy efficient AC unit... > Just my thoughts. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:25 AM > Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS > > > > Eh? > > > > I've had racks of HPs running @ 100+ during HVAC events... > > > > > > -sc > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:20 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS > > > > I'm surprised they run at that temp. HP servers will typically > shutdown > > around 90F. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:27 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS > > > > I've got a cheapskate boss so I've run them 95F+ for long periods of > > time. > > > > They're not properly rackmounted - due to our crappy and proprietary > > Panduit racks we have no choice but to use shelves - which may have > > helped them survive. > > > > Don't be surprised if you get warranty rejections from the excessive > > heat. > > > > Murray Freeman wrote: > >> 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. > > > > -- > > > > Phil Brutsche > > [email protected] > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
