That said, what happens if your 3-ton unit we're to fail right now? I would suggest you could also look into something like this: http://www.movincool.com/portable-air-conditioner/classicplus26.php# (They have units that goto 60,000 btu).
The benefit is that you could have it wired into your environment in a config like Ben had spoken about (Auto-start genny, at switch, etc) and you get the added benefit of having a redundant cooler in case the three ton unit we're to fail (and it will at some point). You could also take it in two phases, getting a gen to run it. I had a Honda EB6500 that ran an older version of this unit for a room a little bigger than yours just fine. During normal operations it was pulled into a dedicated circuit in the room and provided fail capacity for when the 5 ton unit would go down (Which seemed to be once or twice a year). Good luck! -Greg -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Portable A/C for computer room? On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:58 PM, David Mazzaccaro <[email protected]> wrote: > We have 8 remote locations (WAN) that all rely on us to be able to do > anything. > All of our resources are here, and the remote sites run all apps over > Citrix, and all phones are run VoIP from here. > So if we go down... Everyone goes down. These discussions should always be build around cost of downtime. If you really mean "everyone goes down" (and it sounds like you do), then I'd say your cost of downtime would be quite large. Given that, I would say you should absolutely get an auto-start generator and an automatic transfer switch, hard-wired so that they power your computer room chiller and your UPS. Don't futz around with mickey-mouse solutions. -- Ben ~ 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/> ~
