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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