Re: Power Outage

I'll defer to Mr. Bolhuis when it comes to the system i's architecture and such, but it makes me nervous as well (as I sit an gaze at the sprinkler head just above our 520 and next to the patch panel - ugh).


Regardless of that, though, the main reason for sprinklers and not something else is the insurance company. I know that several years ago I tried to have the sprinklers in the computer room (System/3 Model 8 so probably not as "water repellent" as the i5's that Larry described) with Halon or almost anything else. The insurance company steadfastly refused. Things may have changed since then (it was obviously awhile ago), or it may vary by region or insurer. Anyway, I simply turned off the control valve to our area; for all I know it's still turned off.


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Lukas Beeler wrote:

Every so often I look up and notice the sprinklers in the ceiling of our computer room and wonder

which

would be worse--fire or water...

Server rooms shouldn't have a water based fire extinguishers.

Usually a gas based fire extinguishing solution is employed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaseous_fire_suppression