"shaun" wrote in message
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"ste" wrote in message
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Hi there,

In work, we've got a small room of about 1.75m x 1.5cm, and about 3m
high. We want to put some of our servers in there (they will just about
fit!), but are worried about it getting too hot in there.

We definitely need some sort of cooling system, but connecting a full air
conditioning system will not only be expensive, but having an external
air vent is going to be very tricky (and even more expense!) due to the
location of this room within the building.

Are there any air coolers out there which can keep the temperature down
within an enclosed space without an external air vent? I know that a fan
on its own would only recirculate the warm air, but was hoping there
would be a system for our needs? I saw some air coolers in the argos
that had a 12 litre water tank, but wasn't sure if these also required an
external air vent to work?

Don't use an evaporative cooler where you have servers running. All that
water has to go somewhere and the humidity won't do the servers any good
whatsoever.

If you value the data find another room where you can set up a proper
controlled environment.


I agree, now that I have a slight understand to how it all works. I wasn't
sure previously, I thought the water tank might have been used to collect
humidity from the air, not to create it!

We value our data, and if we can keep this room cool for as cheaply as
possible (within effective reason), then we will be happy.

Ste