Attic Server Room

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Attic server room. You may want to keep some damp rid in the room to cut the excess water in the air. The crawl is encapsulated. In addition to that many server rooms have an air conditioner of some sort as well. To solve for exhausting this heat i took a two pronged approach.

Servers must continuously be kept online as they. I d like to vent this heat outside the hvac envelope of the house to reduce the load on my a c during the summer and isolate the server room from the rest of the house i e. Adding a server closet return. Keep it from making the adjoining bedroom as hot.

It isn t long before the ac makes the room very damp feeling. You can t use it as a proper room. I have a similar set up in a finished section attic. If the server room has hollow doors and thin walls then sound can easily pass through them.

You need to get in through a trapdoor using a ladder not the stairs. You can see the old bits of just added insulation inside for example and the occ. Ever wonder why computer rooms in many places always seem colder than the rest of the building. The house is a 1 story ranch with an attic and crawlspace.

What we need to do is exhaust the warm air from the room not inject air. They re basically attic apartments but they probably think that loft sounds nicer. It generates a good amount of heat. Omnizone systems provide ultimate flexibility efficiency affordability quiet and control.

Air conditioners can be pretty loud so that s another reason why we need to focus on the server room as well not just the server. I don t live far south but in the summer during the high 80 s and 90 s days. And even my salt lamps will melt a little. Experts recommend maintaining a temperature of between 68 and 71 degrees fahrenheit for optimal performance to avoid any damage to components.

In 2014 this attic looked just like any other attic anywhere in the world. Invest in a high cfm exhaust fan think attic exhaust that will kick on the moment the server room hits 90 or somewhere in there. The first is that i installed a return air vent in the server closet ducted to the return air side of the home a c unit. Although these days you sometimes see loft apartments for rent or sale.

There s a good reason for that.