Kevin Thorpe wrote:
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Fajar Priyanto fajarpri@arinet.org wrote:
Hi guys, Sorry for the OT. For the last couple of weeks I notice that the static in my server room is worrisomely noticeable. I cannot see what may be causing it.... Care to share some of your experience what may be the cause and the
remedy?
We used to have real problems. If you walked across the floor and reached towards our mini it would spontaneously reboot. Not fun. We initially treated the carpet with an antistatic spray but ended up installing anti-static carpet tiles
Carpets are generally contra-indicated with ANY sort of computer equipment. Ideal floor: your basic institutional linoleum tiles. Yes, it is ugly, but...
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?"
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