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

[Chad Neeper]

Maybe overkill, but nobody has mentioned a raised floor yet. If you're
dealing with a lot of devices/cables, a raised, anti-static floor would
permit you to easily route cables down and out of the way. The electric
outlets could be down there out of the way too. Not right for all
situations, but might be useful to you.

Chad

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Phil Shirley wrote:
> 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
>   
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