Interesting timing...
I finished my basement a couple of years back, and my computer rack is down there. It ran the entire time there time we cut framing, insulated sheetrocked, drywall sanded, spray-primered & painted, cut finish carpentry, sanded the finish carpentry, etc... I had some plastic taped across the area to cut the particle count to that area somewhat, but over nine months, "dirt happens". I decommissioned the servers a few months back and set them aside (noting they were "a little dusty". One of them, a Dell 2U 2950(?) that had previously been my exchange server I opted to resurrect to do some OpenFiler iSCSI SAN testing. I opened it up and was _AMAZED_ that thing was still working. I tried to use my rechargeable hand-vac on it... no deal... too many nooks and crannies. I finally took it outside and simply dumped what turned out to be a good sized PILE of dirt and sawdust out of that thing. I then took my air compressor and removed all the drives, memory, CPU's, power supplies, fan assemblies, etc.. and blew them all out individually. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say a couple of POUNDS of crap came out of that box. Especially the power supplies with their separate fans that sucked all that junk in to them. How they didn't overheat or short out is beyond me. A real testament to the build quality of that vintage Dell gear. Older Compaq stuff was like that too... actually I have a 12-drive Compaq array that was in that same rack.. if I ever decide to power that back up, I'll have to take pics when I clean it out first. -sc On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]> wrote: Blecch!! Mice in the printer power supply! Dirty, dirty PCs: The X-rated picture guide o The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/print.html ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
