[plug] Server room raised floors?

[Chris Cornish]

I had on built a few years back by a Perth company by the name of
compu-room services very good and professional that is all they do. The
also designed a carbon dioxide fire systems with Cummings diesel power
back up for us in conjunction with Williams electrical

There is someone I know by the name of Gordon Reynolds he is in duncraig
ill dig up the number for you he used to design the for IBM here in
Perth a few years back 

Hope that help
Regards 
Chris Cornish

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au]
On Behalf Of Mark J Gaynor
Sent: Friday, 13 February 2004 3:14 PM
To: Plug
Subject: Re: [plug] Server room raised floors?


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On 2/13/04 at 12:04 PM hooker at iinet.net.au wrote:

>Quoting Bernd Felsche <bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au>:
>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 10:17:39AM +0800, senectus wrote:
>> > Anyone know of a company in Perth that does Raised floors for
>> > Server rooms??
>> 
>> I would recommend against the use of raised floors; especially when
>> it's not a solid floor with complete access from underneath.
>
>An advantage of a false floor is that you can pump cold air into the
>bottom of a rack which helps cooling.

I worked for twenty years in the TV industry and all their technical
areas
were all raised(suspended) floors. I found the areas easy to work in,
around and under. There was only one slight disadvantage was working 
in one cable pitt, the one were the chilled air was injected to keep the

equipment cool.

Venting heat from racks of equipment is most efficient from bottom to
top.
The ceiling space is used for exhaust venting from the rack tops. You
would be surprised how much cable you can get in the 450-600mm
clearance.

I would go for a suspended floor for any electrical machine room any
time.
I
would approach a competent carpenter and metal worker to do the work. If

you don't know how a suspended floor is constructed, I would suggest
asking
some one who already has one if you can have a look at its
construction.
If
that is too much look up an industrial architect, I'm sure they can do
the
job.

Mark
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