[ale] Home Data Server Project

[Jim Kinney]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:37 AM, drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:

> I think someone mentioned earlier in this thread that the attic
> is NOT a good place to put a server -- at least not in Atlanta.
> Temperatures in a well ventilated attic in the summer will easily
> exceed 100F; poorly ventilated ones get much hotter. I wouldn't
> trust any modern CPU to be reliable in that hot an environment.
>
> Sean
>
> Unless there's also some water cooling lines run, attics are death to most
electronic gear.

In summer in Atlanta, most attic space makes for decent hot water
preheaters.

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James P. Kinney III
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