Hi,
My question was about the working temparature of an AlphaServer, for example
a 1200. The sysconfig command can be used to show the current temparature
somewhere inside the cabinet and the upper limit at which the system will
shut down.
Now. Most of your guys must know what an overcrowded server room looks like,
humming, stuffy, dry and HOT. And of course our servers have now got into
the habit of shutting down all the time due to the temparature limits.
One colleague of mine proposed that we could just raise the temparature
limit to 50 centigrades instead of the default 40. Then the system would not
shut down. This lead to the discussion whether there were an officially
approved temparature range and whether the warranty would still be valid if
say, the processor broke due to heat.
There IS an official statement.
http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/...
And it says that the operating temperature is from 10 - 40 degrees Celsius
and for rackmount systems it is 10 to 35 degrees. If Compaq distinguishes
between rackmount or not, it can only mean that they mean the OUTSIDE
temparature. But we can easily achieve 40 degrees inside the cabinet with a
lot less outside, even with clean air filters. As opposed to Dave Stapleton,
I am sure there is a lot hotter inside the computer than outside. When the
room temparature says 28 degrees, the internal temparature gauge says 37. So
if there is roughly 10 degrees hotter inside than outside, it WOULD MALKE
SENSE to raise the internal temparature limit to 50 degrees to "support" an
"operating temparature of up to 40 degrees". I wont do that however. I will
lower the maximum room temparature required to be no more than 30 degrees.
Thanks: Piotr Konieczny, Dave Stapleton, Benjamin, Alex Gorbachev, Horst G
Reiterer, Jim Fitzmaurice, alan2nabeth.cxo.dec.com,
--
What does a Lars Bro
process need GN Nettest A/S
to become a Kirkebjerg Alle 90
daemon ? DK-2605 Brøndby Denmark
|||
\|/ . , +45 72 11 22 00
| ( v ) +45 72 11 24 05 (direct)
|\/ | lbr_at_nettest.dk
| _/ \_
..a fork()
Received on Wed Mar 01 2000 - 09:04:58 NZDT