[IMC-Tech] Moving the Server...

[daniel]

that would be very nice.  with proper space management i don't see why
both couldn't exist in the same room.  as for testing the current
HVAC, i don't know of a panel of lights that we have laying around,
but we don have a few unused computers and monitors that we could haul
up there and leave on for a couple days.  that with the transmitter
sitting up there ought to give us a good show.  we would just have to
be sure and monitor it fairly closely as to not overheat the
transmitter.  is that a #4 key to open that access door?
On 2/12/06, David Young <dyoung at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 12:18:46PM -0600, Stephane Alnet wrote:
> > [Mike wrote:]
> > >Down at the east end is a duct. At the north end is a vent. It
> > >appears that the east end is the inlet and that the air is pulled
> > >out through the north duct via the circulation pattern in the
> > >building, as well as out through the peep holes in the floor.
> >
> > If I remember properly from the visit we did during the tech meeting
> > in December, the inlet is located next to (what we thought was) the
> > HVAC room on the "second" floor and we assumed it was getting heat
> > and A/C from that room. If that "HVAC" room is pumping air inside the
> > tunnel (creating a higher pressure) I'd assume the vent will work as
> > a natural exhaust by releasing the pressure into the large room
> > underneath.
> >
> > The only concern would be whether the provisions that were made for
> > the purpose of postal inspection (say, one sitting human body, 312BTU/
> > h ~ 90W) will be enough to cover for our needs (unknown number of BTU/
> > h).
> > S. (slowly recovering from diaper coma)
> >
> > PS: Independently, there is another inspection "tunnel" on the east
> > side of the building (above the loading dock and the mail chute);
> > I've never visited it and I'm not sure what the space group is
> > planning to do with it, but it has to be a smaller space. If we can't
> > get proper HVAC in the larger tunnel(*) it may be worth looking at
> > that other spot since it'd be less expensive to HVAC'd a smaller
> > space than a large one.
>
> I
> > (*) Which reminds me we should install a thermometer in the tunnel
> > when we put the gear in it so that we can visually see how things are
> > working out temperature-wise. Remotely accessible, web-based climate
> > control panel left as an exercise to the reader.
>
> To test out the space, what if you run a bank of 100W lightbulbs
> overnight, and see how the HVAC copes with the added heat?
>
> Incidentally, OJC is looking for a more permanent location for its
> servers.  We asked an HVAC company for an estimate for air-conditioning
> our makeshift network closet, which gets veryvery hot, and it was $6000!
> We are still without a satisfactory and affordable solution.  Maybe IMC
> and OJC can cooperate to create a more nearly ideal server room at a
> reasonable cost to both parties.
>
> Dave
>
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Daniel