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