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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: zeroburn on August 29, 2012, 12:54:28 PM

Title: Cooling a server closet.
Post by: zeroburn on August 29, 2012, 12:54:28 PM

Hello to all. I have a simple question.

I currently have 5 servers, three of which are high density (1U) and two towers that i will put in the rack with them, and i am planning for expansion soon. My question, how would i cool the area the servers are in effectively. I hope to not run a dedicated A/C yet, so alternatives would be nice.

The closet i am referring to is a small room, the size of a small bedroom. I currently have 1 rack of equipment, the servers and two large network switch chassis.

This fills a rack quite nicely, so any other equipment i get would be in a new rack.

Any advice is appreciated, Thanks.

Title: Re: Cooling a server closet.
Post by: hartbeatmr on August 30, 2012, 08:20:41 PM

Good evening zeroburn and welcome back to CH

If you don't want to run a ac right now you may want too.

#1... If there is door on the room you could put a louvered door in it's place like this (http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTohv1gKpK52iRUXYt1GhNK-qaOwWrmkD49HTJIKKti3vdcB0-_hQ)
#2... Put like a 20" box house fan in the windows to pull the hot air out. The one fan I am talking about are like the ones that you buy at HomeDepot, Lowes etc and are around 25$ Like this (http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxTf-SXBNW2coWruvFmQIdRAbxJ-TgiVtj3DyGXErcYvvGKBPMug)

Hope this helps, Mike