[OPLINTECH] Non-water fire suppression for server room? --Revised

[James Guilford]

Revised, adding the word "water" for clarity. -- Sheesh! (J.G.)

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Phil,

We've got a water sprinkler fire-suppression system in our Server Room, 
installed to "save money" with our building rehab a few years ago. Ever 
hear of the "Sword of Damocles"?

If you can possibly fund it, get a gas system. One accident, or leak, or 
other triggering of a water system in your Server Room and you will 
literally be out of business and needing to buy a lot of expensive new 
equipment in a hurry!

If you install a gas fire suppression system I'd love to have the 
details; I've wanted to change over for some time now.

-- J. Guilford



Phil Shirley wrote:
> I'd like to know if it's common for other libraries our size to have a 
> gas-based fire suppression system (whatever they use now instead of 
> halon) in the server room.  We'll have a server room that's about 10' x 
> 12', containing about 7 computers, a phone system, and a router & 
> firewall & other network equipment to serve about 100 workstations 
> elsewhere in the building.  I'd be interested to hear from other 
> libraries our size, or really any organization: How much equipment do 
> you have in your server room, and do you have a gas fire suppression 
> system?  Thanks.
>
> Phil
>   

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James Guilford, I.T. Manager
Westlake Porter Public Library

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