Cooling

Stuartbe · 24-12-2003, 15:05

Hi All.

I want to pick your brains !!!

I am having heat problems with my current setup ( see att ). The room has air conditioning but the cool air outlet is a fair distance away from the computers. The heat is building up behind the compters. My first idea was to put fans on the ground level to force air up behind the servers but this would envolve about 20 fans !!!! and its noisy enough as it is. The room temperature is staying at 20c all the time so there is plenty of cool air available :p There is about 3" of clearence behind the servers and some air does flow.

Any sugestions would be greatfuly recived.

tkiely · 24-12-2003, 15:32

well just for guidence, I believe Dell and Compaq racks require 1 meter clearance behind them to allow air flow! your seven baby pcs will probably need a bit more room than they have there, so suggestion number one: move them into the middle of the room. That's what you will find in most server rooms. number two: do you really need all those monitors turned on? get them off:-)

good luck

Terry

Bifta · 24-12-2003, 15:37

My advice is either to buy one hefty machine to replace all of them or you could possibly go with some kind of air conditioning vent pipe cobbled together on the outlet fans.

aliferste · 24-12-2003, 15:41

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

Any sugestions would be greatfuly recived.

Spread them about a bit........thats why the heat is building up!!

aliferste · 24-12-2003, 15:43

ps.....how do you SLEEP at night....ive gotta get up if i leave the telly plugged in!!

Stuartbe · 24-12-2003, 15:47

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Originally Posted by aliferste

ps.....how do you SLEEP at night....ive gotta get up if i leave the telly plugged in!!

There in there own dedicated room. If I tried to have those in the bedroom the wife would go nuts !!!!

aliferste

Thats not an option sadly - Not enough room !!!!!

Stuartbe · 24-12-2003, 15:56

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Originally Posted by tkiely

well just for guidence, I believe Dell and Compaq racks require 1 meter clearance behind them to allow air flow! your seven baby pcs will probably need a bit more room than they have there, so suggestion number one: move them into the middle of the room. That's what you will find in most server rooms. number two: do you really need all those monitors turned on? get them off:-)

good luck

Terry

The monitors are normaly off anyway.

BTW there are six not seven

paulyoung666 · 24-12-2003, 15:57

wondered why you had solpadol on the shelf and you must be worried to have a fire alarm break glass there

, can you build some sort of tunnel around the back with maybe a kitchen extractor fan to draw the heat away to an outside wall , i know what i am thinking about without needing someone to jump in and say wtf is he on about

Stuartbe · 24-12-2003, 16:01

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

wondered why you had solpadol on the shelf and you must be worried to have a fire alarm break glass there

, can you build some sort of tunnel around the back with maybe a kitchen extractor fan to draw the heat away to an outside wall , i know what i am thinking about without needing someone to jump in and say wtf is he on about

I was thinking about sealing the sides off and extracting the air from the top or blowing air in from the bottom. If I can get the heat away from the back of the computers I will be o.k. as the room is allways 20c

The solphadol is for me when the wife nags

and the fire alarm point is for when I am eating one of my home made curies !!!!! Bog role in the fridge job...... Nah the break glass cuts all the power from the ups's in case of fire or shock.

paulyoung666 · 24-12-2003, 16:08

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

I was thinking about sealing the sides off and extracting the air from the top or blowing air in from the bottom. If I can get the heat away from the back of the computers I will be o.k. as the room is allways 20c

The solphadol is for me when the wife nags

and the fire alarm point is for when I am eating one of my home made curies !!!!! Bog role in the fridge job...... Nah the break glass cuts all the power from the ups's in case of fire or shock.

the problem is going to be noise , could you get hold of a kitchen extractor fan , temp block in the sides and see if it helps , then at least you would get an idea to work from , i.e. get hold of a quieter fan , i know what i mean but it is difficult to say without being there

Stuartbe · 24-12-2003, 16:14

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

the problem is going to be noise , could you get hold of a kitchen extractor fan , temp block in the sides and see if it helps , then at least you would get an idea to work from , i.e. get hold of a quieter fan , i know what i mean but it is difficult to say without being there

I'm not realy bothered about noise TBH as they are in there own sealed room. I think the kitchen extractor is a good idea as I could mount it flat on the wall with the intake facing down behind the bench.....

Cheers for that m8

24-12-2003, 16:50

Its going to be easier to draw cold in rather than suck hot air out. Those kitchen fans shift a fair amount of air at low speed, prob your best bet

Stuartbe · 24-12-2003, 16:53

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Originally Posted by John Doe

Its going to be easier to draw cold in rather than suck hot air out. Those kitchen fans shift a fair amount of air at low speed, prob your best bet

Thanks John Doe

DO you think it would be better to blow air in at floor level then ?

paulyoung666 · 24-12-2003, 16:58

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Originally Posted by John Doe

Its going to be easier to draw cold in rather than suck hot air out. Those kitchen fans shift a fair amount of air at low speed, prob your best bet

sort of where i was coming from , it is a bit difficult to be more specific without being on the plot though

Stuartbe · 24-12-2003, 17:02

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

sort of where i was coming from , it is a bit difficult to be more specific without being on the plot though

Cheers m8

Pm waitin for ya !!