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Black Mage
December 7th, 2007, 05:31 PM
Is there a such thing as a humidity detector for servers?

Sorta like a UPS(uninterrupted power supply) but for water, so say there is a fire in an office building, the dectotor will sense the sprinklers spouting out water all over the place, and turn the servers off to prevent short circuting.

mips
December 7th, 2007, 06:51 PM
The environment I came from used gas supression for fire control and not water.

You should be able to get a humidity/water sensor but I dunno how that would hookup to the power.

oldb0y
December 7th, 2007, 07:08 PM
I think using inert-gases is more effective and safer for electronics.

SOULRiDER
December 7th, 2007, 07:20 PM
I think using inert-gases is more effective and safer for electronics.

+1, flooding a server room can be a bad idea.... very very bad... :P

popch
December 7th, 2007, 07:52 PM
+1, flooding a server room can be a bad idea.... very very bad... :P

So is running a server in an office.

Biochem
December 7th, 2007, 07:55 PM
What about those other problem.

Like thise hospital who put their server room below a water room ( with diswasher, filtration unit and steem sterilisation). Everytime their was an accident, water was pourring on their server. They had to protect them with saran wrap.

popch
December 7th, 2007, 07:57 PM
What about those other problem.

Like thise hospital who put their server room below a water room ( with diswasher, filtration unit and steem sterilisation). Everytime their was an accident, water was pourring on their server. They had to protect them with saran wrap.

There's one hospital I would rather not be taken to.

Black Mage
December 9th, 2007, 12:14 AM
Ok, so using inert gases in server rooms really do work? Who installs them?

And what happens if the fire goes off and someone is trapped in the room with the gases?

popch
December 9th, 2007, 12:21 AM
Ok, so using inert gases in server rooms really do work? Who installs them?

And what happens if the fire goes off and someone is trapped in the room with the gases?

One kind of gas used for that application was Halon. It has become an 'evil' substance since, so I don't know whether it is still used.

You train your staff so that they know they have to leave the room in a hurry and shut the doors tightly after them. You make a fire drill several times a year.

As to who installs them: look for someone who installs fire extinguishers and sprinklers in buildings.

mips
December 9th, 2007, 01:45 PM
Ok, so using inert gases in server rooms really do work? Who installs them?

And what happens if the fire goes off and someone is trapped in the room with the gases?

Yes they work. You will find them in telco equipment rooms & data centres etc. NO water. Usually done by specialist fire prevention companies. Get someone that knows their stuff though, I saw a brandnew installation go horribly wrong not being able to handle the pressure, luckily no one got hurt.

Where I worked we used to have gas masks placed in strategic places on the floor of the room. Doors were always self closing (not locking) so gas escaping is not an issue.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaseous_fire_suppression and follow the links at the bottom.

popch
December 9th, 2007, 02:19 PM
Where I worked we used to have gas masks placed in strategic places on the floor of the room.

That would have been masks with oxy bottles?

mips
December 9th, 2007, 03:05 PM
That would have been masks with oxy bottles?

Honestly can't remember. All I remember is they had these boxes with see through perspex doors mounted in the equipment isles & the entrance/exits to the room. They might have had small oxy bottles but my mind simply cannot recall.

Besides that they also had fire extinguishers (hand held) on just about every second isle. They were for electrical fires and powder based from what I recall.