[ale] Linux Cluster Server Room

[kaboom at gatech.edu (Chris Ricker)]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Bob Toxen wrote:

> Dow,
> 
> You might contact ALE's own Walter Sams as his business is Air Conditioning:
> 
>      wsams at southernlink.net
>      SamsCo Htg. & Air, Inc.
>      706-783-4662
> 
> As for fire protection, for computer rooms Halon is the way to go.  If Walter
> doesn't have contacts in that area, try the Yellow Pages under
> "computer room" or "Fire"

For any new installation, DON'T do halon! There are lots of alternatives -- 
FM200, Inergen, Argonite, etc. -- which don't have all the environmental / 
health risks of halon. Which one you want depends on your constraints (how 
much room you have for the storage, how close the storage is to the machine 
room, etc.)....

For existing halon installations, 3M makes a suppressant gas (Novec
something-or-other) which can replace the halon w/o having to change
infrastructure....

later,
chris