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Yearsago, computer rooms used Halon gas to extinguish fires in computer rooms by depriving the room swiftly of oxygen, killing the fire, but keeping expensive equipment safe (vs. sprinkler systems). Halon production was stopped in the 1990's because of its ozone-killing effect, but I think it had another disadvantage: it would kill humans in the computer room as well as the fire. Internet research not clear on that.My novel puts people in a present-day but older server farm near St. Petersburg, Russia, that has gone to seed. It's protected either by older Halon or CO2, so if a fire were to be started, the outer doors would slam shut, and anyone inside would have how long to get out?

Time to get out - depends.some have 10-30 seconds. Some have instant if security flag is marked as empty (no one used security door to enter Server room or all cards signed as leaved). One have non oxygen atmosphere at all time (including normal operation - any modification there was pain because of special suits with air tanks).

There are 4 server rooms near St. Petersburg (50km range) with gas extinguish system wich I know about.3 have 10-30 seconds delay, lights only on exit, no buttons to delay but they are so smal that can evacuate in 2-3 seconds, one have security related; instant if empty (including move detection system) 60 seconds delay if anyone present inside with sparse delay buttons, moving lights on floor and celling to exit. All have emergency button to open door even if gas was released.

Don't forget the reason the doors close - the fire. It is in there with them. If the protection system is broken and fire is too big for them to put out with whatever they have on hand, the room will fill with smoke within a minute. They could get a little more time by lying on the floor but just a little.

Can someone help clarify the suggested use of the "Computer Room" and "Data Center" items in the CMDB? I see that there are soem pre-seeded relations between them, but they don't seem to work the way I thought they would.

In our scenario, we have a small handful of real "Data Centers", but we also have several small "Computer Rooms" in our remote offices, which typically hold a rack or two, but sometimes more of a closet (for a couple switches or routers) than a room. Is it expected to use these items this way, or is one supposed to be contained in the other?

Thanks, at least I'm on the right track! Our newest data center is pretty big, so I was going to use "Zone" to represent the "Rack Row" in the DC, but otherwise I was thinking along the same lines.

So.. extending that thought, if a room with one or more servers is a data center, then is a room with zero servers (but telco/network equipment, like an IDF/MDF) supposed to go in a "Computer Room"? if so, how bad is it to rename that to "Wiring Closet"?

In our environment, we're only accounting for data centers / pseudo-data centers (telecomm rooms, wiring closets) that contain one or more servers. I would leverage the out-of-the-box classes as much as possible.

Would I install anti-static flooring? Probably not worth the expense when you can get a simple wrist strap that does the same thing for a minimal price or even have static mats in front of each rack. There are no mats or carpet in my server rooms. Just tile flooring. And well grounded equipment. We use wrist straps.

In the server room, we run a ground from each/all racks to a metal bar which the ground wires run ouside are connected to. This gives us a much safer working environment, and you simply touch the rack before doing any work on it. In most cases you touch a metal door to open it anyway

When working on computers, servers and other electronic equipment, I stand on an anti-static mat, as does the equipment on my workbench. I also have grounding wires from each of these mats to the server room grounding wires, and also have a grounding strap for myself.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has regulated the energy efficiency level of computer room air conditioners (CRACs) since 2012. A CRAC is a device that monitors and maintains the temperature, air distribution, and humidity in a network room or data center and is rated as a computer room air conditioner in accordance with 10 CFR 431.96.

The following content summarizes the energy conservation standards for CRACs. The text is not an official reproduction of the Code of Federal Regulations and should not be used for legal research or citation.

DOE has not exempted any state from this energy conservation standard. States may petition DOE to exempt a state regulation from preemption by the Federal energy conservation standard. States may also petition DOE to withdraw such exemptions. For details, see 10 CFR part 431 subpart W.

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The spot that used to be called "Microsoft studio" on the NS deck plan is just an empty box now. Anyone know what's there? We're hoping to leave our computer at home, but wanted a way to move videos off our GoPro SD card if it fills up. Just looking at options. If we could use a computer to facilitate the move to a larger external drive that would take much less space than a whole laptop.

I hope someone will be able to tell you but on the koningsdam which is the sister there was 6 computers right in front of the explorations cafe. I know for sure as a friend asked me to look. This was last month.

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I am working on a data center and not sure about ASHRAE 62.1-2007 outside air requirement. Table 6.1 list 2 types: Computer lab at 10 CFM/ person and 0.12 CFM/Sqf and Computer no printing at 0.06 CFM/Sqf only.

it is not really clear where the data center will fall.

Any help will be appreciated.

thanks

When you say data center it is unclear what type of room you are referring to. The first thing that comes to my mind is a server room. For the most part, these are unoccupied spaces and do not require ventilation; much like an electrical room. You need to pay special attention to whether or not you have a UPS system in the same space and also if you determine that there are any local contaminants that will need to be exhausted from the room.

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