Be real sure that you have plenty of outlets and put them on separate circuits. I might would even go GFI outlets in some spots just to protect some of your equipment unless you use GFI rated power strips. Someone mentioned wireless. I would go wireless in the room but I would also have some standard 100Mb outlets just for the fact that in graphics they can get really big and moving them across a wireless network can hurt. I like to build my computer desk that would house the mounted cpu's, sometimes you save money sometimes not. If you have tables in the middle of the room for laptops I would go with regular 6ft or even 4ft tables. If this will be like a teaching facility you want to have a good lighting (bright in my opinion) but if it will be for just working a softer lighting with possibilities of dimming.
John On 3/12/03 4:59 PM, "Joe Meador" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys & gals, > > The group I work for is about to create a new computer lab in a room 24 x > 20 feet. We'll have 6 PC's with some running Windows and some Linux, 3 SGI > workstations, and a Linux cluster in a rack enclosure. We'll probably > have at least 1 networked printer and possibly a scanner, and will need > workspace for people with laptops. The room currently is not networked > but we are going to get 20 Ethernet jacks installed. Are there any > precautions, suggestions, etc for setting a lab up. The room *should* > already have sufficient ventalation. I am unsure on how I should > physically have the room situated, what size/type desks we should get, > etc. Also what kind of lighting we should look at (I know that the people > in it will probably want fairly soft lighting because they will be using > graphics "stereo" for molecule visualization, etc). > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > Joe Meador > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
