Attic Server Room

In addition to that many server rooms have an air conditioner of some sort as well.

Attic server room.

The first is that i installed a return air vent in the server closet ducted to the return air side of the home a c unit. It generates a good amount of heat. They re basically attic apartments but they probably think that loft sounds nicer. Experts recommend maintaining a temperature of between 68 and 71 degrees fahrenheit for optimal performance to avoid any damage to components.

Adding a server closet return. Air conditioners can be pretty loud so that s another reason why we need to focus on the server room as well not just the server. The crawl is encapsulated. Ever wonder why computer rooms in many places always seem colder than the rest of the building.

There s a good reason for that. What we need to do is exhaust the warm air from the room not inject air. You can see the old bits of just added insulation inside for example and the occ. Although these days you sometimes see loft apartments for rent or sale.

I was able to mix and match to get things up and running but the damage had been done. With a small footprint and quiet operation a cost effective omnizone stand alone cooling system permits installation anywhere in the building eliminating the need for an equipment room. The house is a 1 story ranch with an attic and crawlspace. I d like to vent this heat outside the hvac envelope of the house to reduce the load on my a c during the summer and isolate the server room from the rest of the house i e.

If your ac unit is oversized. It isn t long before the ac makes the room very damp feeling. I have a similar set up in a finished section attic. If the server room has hollow doors and thin walls then sound can easily pass through them.

Invest in a high cfm exhaust fan think attic exhaust that will kick on the moment the server room hits 90 or somewhere in there. Servers must continuously be kept online as they. You can t use it as a proper room. Keep it from making the adjoining bedroom as hot.

And even my salt lamps will melt a little. In 2014 this attic looked just like any other attic anywhere in the world. Very similar to an attic except for two things. To solve for exhausting this heat i took a two pronged approach.

You need to get in through a trapdoor using a ladder not the stairs.