I hear ya. We put in a big Leibert and the first I noticed was just how noisy it was. That's when I started keeping my office door closed. I didn't want to retire and find out I'd lost some of hearing due to the constant noise from the a/c.
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:20:43 -0500 Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CRAC's are big, noisy and blow a lot of things around if it's not secured......and keeps the humidity levels stable. When ours was installed a couple of years ago, I was doing some serious praying...we didn't know for sure that it would roll across our raised floor without collapsing it, and that would have been very bad. On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: On Tue, 2 Jun, 2009 at 16:59, [email protected] wrote: >> The part that I find most admins miss in the specs mentioned is the >> humidity. When you are running the A/C in a room almost constantly the >> humidity tends to drop fairly quickly. ... I have seen plenty of > servers over the years taken out by a static charge. On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:34 AM, paul chinnery <[email protected]> wrote: > We have ours around 65 and 50 for humidity. I've been told that the primary difference between a regular air conditioner and a CRAC (computer room air conditioner) is that a CRAC is designed to lower the temperature while keeping the humidity at a more suitable level. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
