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| 657903 | 2008-04-10 22:04:00 | Heya Has anybody got a link or a bit of knowledge on how heat (as in room temp) can affect a pc's performance and also on a server room. Ive googled a few but alot are too much gibberish. Cheers |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 657904 | 2008-04-10 22:10:00 | There's the common sense thing. If its in a hot room, then airflow is just moving hot air through the case and could raise the CPU temp..........with the usual results. | pctek (84) | ||
| 657905 | 2008-04-10 22:23:00 | Yea, Im basically trying show the boss what happens if we keep installing more servers/monitors and pcs without installing a decent air system as well. At the moment we have 22 monitors, 7 pcs and 4 servers set up. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 657906 | 2008-04-10 23:28:00 | It depends a lot of the volume of air in the room, and also air flow - if it's a purpose-designed server room, then it should be as sealed as possible to keep dust out, and cooled to an ambient temperature of around 22 degrees; as Pctek says, it's about the air moving through the servers. We have a large heat pump that blows air down onto the rear of our servers, which cools the exhaust air before it re-circulates and is inducted through the front of the servers. How large is the room?? |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 657907 | 2008-04-10 23:31:00 | Heya Has anybody got a link or a bit of knowledge on how heat (as in room temp) can affect a pc's performance and also on a server room. Ive googled a few but alot are too much gibberish. Go to www.dansdata.com, type in "ambient" in his Google powered search field - you'll get tons of commentaries about how room temperature affects PC performance. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 657908 | 2008-04-10 23:37:00 | Hi guys, One answer goes something like this... Each piece of equipment has a specification that includes Max and Min "ambient temperatures" for operation. Operating outside these criteria will not only void the warranty (and possibly any applicable insurance policies!) but also increase the risk of failure, leading to loss of data and potentially huge damage to the business. Martnz |
martnz (271) | ||
| 657909 | 2008-04-11 00:00:00 | Thanks guys, I think you cracked it! His ears pricked up at the mention of voiding warrentees! He is now paying attention:) |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 657910 | 2008-04-11 08:30:00 | Google proved through its own research that heat doesn't actually compromise a HDD's reliability. Might want to keep that in mind. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 657911 | 2008-04-11 08:49:00 | Google proved through its own research that heat doesn't actually compromise a HDD's reliability. Might want to keep that in mind. Might want to provide links for such. I grew up believing HDDs operating far below or above their 'optimal' rated temperatures have lower reliability .: often lead to degraded performance. They do have moving bits in them that expand/contract, even if ever so slightly, afterall. |
Deathwish (143) | ||
| 657912 | 2008-04-11 09:21:00 | high air temp is not good. as an example a few guys in OZ i know shut their work pc's down if room temp gets to high. they used to get a lot of pc crashes during heatwaves. most of the servers rooms i ran into while working in buildings in auck CBD where fully aircontioned. the big advantage is the air is DRY. its not just cpu, hdd, ram and exspecially power supply temps. not only the power suppy itself but the regulators on the boards as well. a lot of those sever racks do not have great airflow. i'll bet they get hot very quickly if the room warms up. btw an example of what happens to ger thats fitted in a small location..... i came across a sky decoder setup, it had gotten so hot the plastic cases had melted into the nearby wires. proberly very close to catching on fire. of course it was unit had died. |
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