I'm usually more concerned with grinding which releases a lot of fine particular metal into the air. No grinding or filing! I've had welding done in proximity to servers before, about the same as you list, without issue with some considerations taken.
However, perhaps you could put up plastic between the rooms to stave off most of yoru concerns. Some nice 4 mil plastic sheeting and good tape around the edges. (that's not their only way into that room, is it?) Maybe they could exhaust air through the shaft using negative pressure and fans. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Hugh Brown < aardv...@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> wrote: > Hi everyone -- I have a middling-sized server room (~ 1500 square > feet), which has an elevator room (much smaller -- 200 sq feet or so) > off to one side. This elevator room is about 15 feet from the nearest > equipment (server rack and UPS). > > I've just received notice that later this week, the smoke alarms will > be turned off for five days: as part of a building upgrade, there's > going to be a lot of welding to be done in this elevator room. > > My first reaction is to worry about the effect of smoke/welding fumes > on our equipment. (I'll be asking them separately about access to the > room during this time.) However, I don't know if that's overreacting > -- I know smoke damage from a big fire would be a Bad Thing(tm), but > maybe this is just trivial. Or perhaps this sort of thing requires > additional ventilation for worker safety, and that will eliminate our > risk. > > Some details: We have in-row cooling in our racks, but not much > ventilation to/from the outside. The elevator room is normally > locked, and I don't think it has any ventilation to speak of. > > Does anyone have any similar experience to relate? Alternately, how > concerned would you be, and how hard would you push against this work, > or to get additional safeguards in place? > > Thanks, and please let me know if you have any questions. > > -- > Hugh Brown > http://saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com > Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth. > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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