[OPLINTECH] Ideas for server room & technology work area (esp. server room size)?

[millerst@oplin.org]

Phil,

All I could come up with was...

- 1 Rackmount Espresso Machine with variable grind and drip.
- 1 Second-Life Island Server
- 2 Wi-fi remote controlled missile-launching nerf battle drones, 100' range.
... and mebbe a pinch more bandwith.  An extra dial-up line should cover it.

You seemed to have the essentials covered.

:)
Steve

> As part of the renovation of the main floor of our library, the
> technology department will be moved to the lower level (ok, "basement").
>   This will include office space for two full-time people, storage, and
> the server room.  I've looked at lots of other libraries' server rooms
> in touring their buildings, but it's a different thing to have to come
> up with one myself.  Below are some of my thoughts; I would appreciate
> anyone's input on this.
>
> The most important thing we need to decide now is the major requirements
> - size and basic layout of the rooms (but comments about anything else
> would also be appreciated).  Do you think 10 x 14 feet would be good for
> our server room?  Details below.
>
> Server room: Right now we don't have a real server room and don't have
> racks for our equipment or anything like that.  To give you an idea of
> our size, we have:
> Rack-mount:
> - About 80 data drops
> - 3 rack-mount servers
> - 7 pieces of rack-mountable network equipment (switches, etc.)
> - 1 rack-mount UPS & 1 rack-mount tape drive
> - possibly the terminations of about 30 phone lines
>
> Other:
> - 3 mini-tower PC workstations
> - 1 tower Dell PowerEdge (2' deep)
> - 2 free-standing UPSs
> - 2 modems and a small tape drive
> - possibly a wall-mounted phone system
> - 1 KVM switch for everything, with 1 monitor, keyboard, & mouse
>
> We will also have an air conditioner.
>
> I'm thinking that all of this would fit in at most 2 tall racks plus a
> 4-foot "LAN Station" like this one:
> http://www.server-rack-online.com/lan-racks.html
>
> That would be just over 7 feet long if you put it all side-by-side.  I
> think we would want plenty of space on all sides.  I think if we put
> this more-or-less in the middle of a 10 x 14-foot room it would be fine.
> (I have 10 x 14 in mind for the 2 offices and 1 storage room, so I
> thought it might work for the server room.)
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> Phil
> --
>
> Phil Shirley
> Technology Services Coordinator
> Cuyahoga Falls Library
> Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
> 330-928-2117, ext. 109
> pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary dot org
>
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