Practical Options for Deploying IT Equipment in Small Server Rooms & Branch Offices
Small server rooms and branch offices are typically unorganized,
unsecure, hot, unmonitored, and space constrained. These conditions can
lead to system downtime or, at the very least, lead to “close calls”
that get management’s attention. Practical experience with these
problems reveals a short list of effective methods to improve the
availability of IT operations within small server rooms and branch
offices. This paper discusses making realistic improvements to power,
cooling, racks, physical security, monitoring, and lighting. The focus
of this paper is on small server rooms and branch offices with up to
10kW of IT load.
I figure some good information can be found in this paper regarding server options. For those interested, have a read
I'm sure it covers ground some people are familar with and some new approaches as well,
Sincerely,
Troy