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A computer in a dusty environment (factory)
We have a computer in a dusty environment. Worked for more than a year and then PSU died, probably because PSU fan wasn’t cooling enought good. I tried to rotate the fan by hand and it was rotating...
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Are there general guidelines for fan configuration/capacity for operating at...
Background: The server I’m configuring needs to be able to work at altitudes up to 10,000 feet. Are there any rules of thumb or guidelines on how much faster fans have to spin at altitude (due to...
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Advice on collapsing a physical network?
As we expanded throughout the building we now own completely, offices were physically disconnected. This was back when 10Mbps was still usable, and there were printers and workstations acting as...
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How to keep your physical server environment manageable
Anybody who’s ever worked with servers and even a small LAN environment knows (or should know) how messy things can get. Cables, routers, hubs, servers and so on. Everything crawling where it...
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Do you work in your server room?
I once had a job offer from a company that wanted my workstation to be in the AC controlled, noisy server room with no natural light. I’m not sure what their motivation was. Possibly it made sense to...
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Is it bad to stack rackmount servers?
I have a couple of Dell 1U rackmount servers that I need to temporarily move out of a rack. Is it bad for them to be stacked on top of eachother? Not really. I’ve got 4 Dell PowerEdge servers stacked...
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Feasibility of servers running on one side?
This question is specifically about Sun X4100, but general information about all servers would be helpful. This is a 1 rack unit server, and these would typically be placed into a rack with the top...
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Is carpet, or another floor covering, appropriate for a server room?
Ive requested the carpet to be removed from my server room, a disaster was almost waiting to happen air con leaked and the carpet UNDER the rack was soaked. (air con unit 0.3 meter from rear of...
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