I initially read this as: Wedding in open server room -- am I right to be concerned? I got as far as thinking "Not unless the bride's dress is conductive" before I read it correctly.
Following that - I did recently have a situation where grinding and welding took place in a remote location where I had a rack with some equipment. By the time I found out, everything was covered in metal particles! Fortunately the equipment was off, and we data-vacuumed the heck out of everything before we turned power back on. I wouldn't recommend this approach on purpose, but so far we seem to have gotten away with it. Hey, at least you're getting notified *before *the work takes place! Best, Sarah On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Robinson, Greg < greg.robin...@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote: > UNCLASSIFIED > > We had this done last week. No problems at all. > > In our situation, one of the compressors had some bad rings on it and > needed to be replaced. The smoke alarms were isolated and they > performed the welding work. This work was done in the plant room, and > so not close to any computers, but the air handlers were still on and > the smell came into the server room. > > While the smell wasn't that bad, the computers did not notice it. Once > the work was finished (it lasted about 2 hours), the smell dissipated > after about 36 hours or so. > > While I wasn't worried about the welding (well, I was a little), I was > more worried about the fire system being isolated and people being in > there, if we have another fire. > > Greg. > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] > On Behalf Of Hugh Brown > Sent: Tuesday, 25 September 2012 2:55 AM > To: tech@lists.lopsa.org > Subject: [lopsa-tech] Welding in open server room -- am I right to > beconcerned? > > 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. > > IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence > and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914. > If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact > the sender and delete the email. > > _______________________________________________ > 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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