Servers must continuously be kept online as they.
Attic server room.
Invest in a high cfm exhaust fan think attic exhaust that will kick on the moment the server room hits 90 or somewhere in there.
The house is a 1 story ranch with an attic and crawlspace.
Although these days you sometimes see loft apartments for rent or sale.
There s a good reason for that.
You need to get in through a trapdoor using a ladder not the stairs.
In 2014 this attic looked just like any other attic anywhere in the world.
And even my salt lamps will melt a little.
I don t live far south but in the summer during the high 80 s and 90 s days.
Very similar to an attic except for two things.
You can see the old bits of just added insulation inside for example and the occ.
The crawl is encapsulated.
If the server room has hollow doors and thin walls then sound can easily pass through them.
I d like to vent this heat outside the hvac envelope of the house to reduce the load on my a c during the summer and isolate the server room from the rest of the house i e.
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To solve for exhausting this heat i took a two pronged approach.
Experts recommend maintaining a temperature of between 68 and 71 degrees fahrenheit for optimal performance to avoid any damage to components.
You may want to keep some damp rid in the room to cut the excess water in the air.
I have a similar set up in a finished section attic.
Adding a server closet return.
The first is that i installed a return air vent in the server closet ducted to the return air side of the home a c unit.
Ever wonder why computer rooms in many places always seem colder than the rest of the building.
They re basically attic apartments but they probably think that loft sounds nicer.
I was able to mix and match to get things up and running but the damage had been done.
In addition to that many server rooms have an air conditioner of some sort as well.
It generates a good amount of heat.
It isn t long before the ac makes the room very damp feeling.
Keep it from making the adjoining bedroom as hot.
If your ac unit is oversized.