Hello
You should not call your room a "Server room", unless there is a server computer in there. It will only confuse any tech people you are trying to communicate with.
A "server" is different from a workstation computer, usually because of the operating system it is running, like Windows Server 2008. It often is built out of higher quality parts, as it's designed to be left running 24/7/365.
It could be a standard consumer grade computer (a "workstation") if one is on a budget, but the determining factor will still be the software that it is running, and the job functions it does (file server, print server, web server, etc.)
So again, you can call your room anything that you want, but I suggest you not call it a server room until you install your first server.
And as Bryce mentioned, you do not need to put a computer in that room at all. Any tech will want to bring their own laptop, and will just need to plug it into your network somewhere.
That will remove a lot of your heat problem.
If your house is air-conditioned, you may only need an air-inlet on one side, and an exhaust fan on the other side of the room, or even nothing at all.
rogerX
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, bfc0y <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> Howdy,
> I am new to this group and I am not having a computer problem, but more of a placement of equipment and setup of my hardware within my whole house networking control room, Brain Center.
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> While working in the office for many years and with the addition of computers into the office world we came to understand the need for a computer control room or SERVER ROOM. A "SERVER ROOM" was created where all of the computers in the office ran into one room then out into the world. The Equipment Room, name quickly fall away, as it seem to sound more like a gym, which it was not. The Telephone equipment and main CPU server were the two main parts of equipment in the room.
> Today I am retired and fixing up my home with YES computers, Telephone D-mark, Security Systems, DVR, Generator control box, TV central control Stereo system for whole house music, and other equipment. Because the "Server Room" worked at the office I feel the idea now is coming to the high end house.
> What I have done so far is to setup a room within the house about 8X10, where the generator control box was already installed and then had the phone D-mark and strip/patch setup. Having some understanding of the SERVER ROOM the idea was easy to come visionalize the need within the house. I am installing two 5/8 plywood 4X8 on the wall for racks to hang equipment. Now when workman come into our home to work on any equipment, it is all in one place and they no longer have to walk throughout the house. This one thing alone has kept my wife, much more a peace with me and the need of repairs.
> As this has been moving along I am finding out two things. One is Heat and the need to get it out of the room and keep it cooler, would you have any ideas?
> Things not in service yet, but are ideas falling into place are always Safety first, lighting when working in the room, computer workstation for repairman and a stand alone for the house and a security gate access printouts. Each workman will have an access number for the outside security gate and by the printouts I can see when they came and left and the cameras help me to review their activity while at my residents. The security alarm phone is on a cellular. Running of wires, wi-fi over a larger area, placement ideas, storage of supplies, power into the room and controls, I have already added zap-caps and surge protection.
> What are your ideas?
> What about a name or is the "SERVER ROOM" ok for the home as well even if it has more going on than in the office. "Brain Center"?
> My question is not simple, but has to do with everything going on in the SERVER ROOM. Your ideas as we move along would be most useful as well as helpful to me. Others of you may in time find the idea of a "SERVER ROOM" within your home not to be a bad idea, to start putting into place for yourself or not.
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