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by caestelle

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I am just curious as to what temperature everyone prefers to keep their server rooms. We just got a dedicated cooling unit for our server room and I am trying to decide what temperature to set it to.

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by why me worry?

but being that us humans need to walk in once in a while, I am sure we would not appreciate having to work in a 40 degree environment

I would say anywhere from 65 to 72 degrees should be fine

by angry_white_male

68 deg, 40% humidity. Don't forget to change air filters frequently. Dust and humidity will do more damage than warm air alone.

by j.lupo

I don't think that is a way to determine the temp. I know I don't even feel the cold until it gets to about 30 F. So, that might be too cold for a computer room. Just a thought, but People don't all feel hot and cold the same way.

by jbaker

30 F would be perfect for a server room...plus you could store your meat in there with it.

by j.lupo

Yup, you could. Guess that is why I am not allowed an office anymore - they called it the "cooler" or "freezer" ;)

by lindsayau

The temperature you hold the room at will depend on the temperature of the air circulating through your servers - you need to make sure that the "ambient" directly around the servers is within spec.

In one of my rooms 72F is fine. In another, due to the distance between units and the rack configuration, the room temp is 60F. Humidity is kept to around 25% in both.

If the room temp is too low for humans, so be it. Supply jackets. The servers are more important (in this case).

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