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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Crist J. Clark said: > > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 12:22:50 -0400, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote, > > 3. Consider putting data centers not in the ground floor on the basement, > > but not too high either. Sean, I believe, knows the specific NFPA rule, > > but IIRC you can't have a UPS with acid electrolyte above the third floor. > > So, you can put a data center on the 2nd floor and both allow the UPS > > and have a place for the water to drain. > > This is not at all my area of expertise, but I'm curious, why does > does the UPS need to be on the same floor with the data center racks > at all? Welll... "need"???? Issues include: buildings tend to rent by the floor, and various FD regs govern penetrations and safety cutoffs. But if those are solvable; real pluses are you can use low-grade "core" space for both, with better floor loading. (Many buildings are like WTC -- the support is in the center, everything out of that is "hung" out there.) And you segregate the machines from the fumes... ALWAYS a good idea. -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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