Hi
I've been running / building my server rack in the garage for a while - no problems. I will shortly start run heavy compute loads which likely will consume more than 4kw - so the power and heat is going to be a potential fire risk.
I think what I am looking for is a stand alone device that will monitor the cabinet environment (mainly temperature and smoke, perhaps humidity etc) and provide the data over e.g. web or serial interface so that the servers can monitor status and execute graceful shutdown (via custom scripts) if required. One critical risk is the cabinet fan - if that shuts down temperatures will rapidly rise - I need some way to monitor the health of the ventilation way before temperatures have soared. If the environment monitor measured airspeed that could do the job.
If anyone has product recommendations or if anyone has experience of deploying such sensors and integrating them into server controls I would be very grateful for any recommendations.
Richard.
I've been running / building my server rack in the garage for a while - no problems. I will shortly start run heavy compute loads which likely will consume more than 4kw - so the power and heat is going to be a potential fire risk.
I think what I am looking for is a stand alone device that will monitor the cabinet environment (mainly temperature and smoke, perhaps humidity etc) and provide the data over e.g. web or serial interface so that the servers can monitor status and execute graceful shutdown (via custom scripts) if required. One critical risk is the cabinet fan - if that shuts down temperatures will rapidly rise - I need some way to monitor the health of the ventilation way before temperatures have soared. If the environment monitor measured airspeed that could do the job.
If anyone has product recommendations or if anyone has experience of deploying such sensors and integrating them into server controls I would be very grateful for any recommendations.
Richard.