[CentOS] OT: high static in server room

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Kevin Thorpe wrote:
>>> I know that, you know that, but the powers that be insist on carpet on
>>> the raised floor tiles.
>>
>> Has anyone presented them with the problems with carpeting in the server
>> room? Doesn't have to be confrontational, just "we're having a problem
>> with static discharges in the server room, and one of the sources is the
>> carpeting. We may have to have folks wearing static-discharge anklets,
>> or put metal strips in to ground everything. <offhandedly>This wouldn't
>> be an issue if we didn't have carpeting....</offhandedly> Can we look at
>> solutions for this problem, that can cause shorts and servers crashing?"
>
> Sorry, 'insisted'. Previous job and the proper computer room chock full of
> big iron had to look spotless. I spent a good hour each shift polishing
> the boxen.

Huh? They had an admin doing *cleaning*, every shift? Talk about wasting
money!

> Pointless when everything was air conditioned to death but we worked there
> behind a big picture window for the bigwigs to ogle at.

Ah, so the answer was "why don't we get a consultant in from, say, IBM, to
help solve our problem?" <g>
>
> Now all our gear is in a datacentre 250 miles away and as long as it works
> it's not my problem. If it stops working it's still not my problem because
> they suddenly owe us a load of dosh. That room is all cold hard metal
> panels and steel mesh. Uncomfortable for people but then nobody has to
> touch the stuff until it breaks - and that's incredibly rare now.

Right. I can avoid going into the server rooms (sorry, "computer labs")
for days at a time.

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