RE: Servers in the garage - do they get too cold?

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could do what BT used to do in its old UAX exchanges.

All the racks had small tubular heaters at the bottom that were
thermostatically controlled to provide gentle heating to the rack when the
temperature dropped too low.

Obviously you need doors on the front and rear of the rack so that you dont
heat the entire garage.

Then again, it could be cheaper to run the server rather than heat the
rack,
once warmed up it will self generate enough heat to cope with whatever the
garage temperature drops too.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: UKHA [mailto:mailinglists@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 July 2004 23:40
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Servers in the garage - do they get too cold?


Following on from this I'm thinking about putting a backup server in my
garage, but it won't be powered up most of the time.
It struck me yesterday that it'll be fine during the summer, but during the
winter the  temperature will plummet. I've checked the specs on the only
thing that I think will have a problem - namely the hard drives and was
dismayed to find the min. operating temp. was 5'C.
This presents a problem for booting the server during the colder winter
months...

Any ideas?
Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 July 2004 11:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Servers in the garage.


I know a few people have servers etc in their garage, and I'm thinking
of going down the same route myself, but I have a few questions.

1) Do you not suffer from condensation in the equipment? Our garage
isn't water tight, and water does form pools on the floor, but the
equipment would be on the floor anyway ...

2) What are the insurance implications? Are your server covered by
your policy? (Obviously, mine may be different, I'll have to check)

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-S