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- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -1/+482Liquid Cooling.
You're doing it wrong. - McGrude, on 04/03/2008, -8/+477Whoever decided to put the server room there is an idiot.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -5/+222the water was pouring from Windows...
- iancorey, on 04/03/2008, -1/+191Oh, that was heartbreaking. A Yellow Polo shirt tucked into khakis?
- jjgames, on 04/03/2008, -3/+190I can just see the tech guys going home and complaining about their day. "And then all the computers crashed because a torrent of water came through the window."
- Otnehs, on 04/03/2008, -2/+163Don't shun the techs, these are just state-of-the-art water-cooled servers!
- Cgeoffrion, on 04/03/2008, -2/+151thats why I always build in a drainage system into the floors of my server rooms. some called me crazy, but i think this video proves my point. plus its no big thaaaang if we wanna set up a slip n slide in there, and cmon, who doesn't get those urges?
- kinneys, on 04/03/2008, -5/+153Bet the helpdesk was flooded with calls.
- ikyselak, on 04/03/2008, -2/+138A beautiful metaphor for the incompatibility between servers and windows...
- CarStan, on 04/03/2008, -2/+132Haha, i will re-submit this same story in half a year with the title 'Servers destroyed because of major leak in Windows' and it will get to the frontpage and there's nothing you can do about it, NOTHING! HAHAHA
- chumprock, on 04/03/2008, -0/+121All Plumbing should be routed on the outside walls or not at all.
All HVAC should be installed at a 6 inch depth below the floor level with adequate drainage.
All waterfalls should be properly rerouted... - jhuebel, on 04/03/2008, -1/+95The sad truth is that the IT department probably didn't make the decision to put the server room there. The powers-that-be often consider server rooms as wasted space that they don't want taking up valuable office space above ground.
- Maxington, on 04/03/2008, -3/+94Figures it was a "windows" problem...
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -1/+88They're clearly optimized for floating point operations.
- orangetiki, on 04/03/2008, -5/+79outsourcing architectural design to china SEEMED like an ok idea.
How much water was behind that window at the end I wanna know. - snoopyloopy, on 04/03/2008, -5/+76The Raised floor is for cabling it was not meant for water!
- frontporsche, on 04/03/2008, -1/+72I hate it when that happens.
- buadach, on 04/03/2008, -3/+70There are raised floors exactly like this one in every data centre I have ever been in.
- macfanboi, on 04/03/2008, -5/+54And should be fired.
- centran, on 04/03/2008, -0/+48Well... as I am sure you are well aware by now but for those who don't know; if you have a drain that never gets used such as in a server room then make sure to pour a cup or two of water down the drain about once a month. That drain pipe goes into a bigger pipe that is connecting to the sewers. Drain pipes have a U in the pipe so that water gets trapped at the very bottom. This will prevent sewer gas/smell from coming back up the pipe. If the drain never gets water then the water in the U will evaporate and whatever room that drain is in will start to smell like a sewer.
- martinherrera, on 04/03/2008, -1/+48I guess we really can't blame that on Microsoft
- rebelcommander, on 04/03/2008, -0/+44But the higher floors are for the "important" people, the server room should be in the basement because nobody really needs those computer things anyways.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -3/+44you can see the reflection in the water. no need for a mirror
- ryan83189, on 04/03/2008, -23/+62This happens everytime a story is submitted to digg.
- orangetiki, on 04/03/2008, -7/+45At least they can't use bit torrent as an excuse for the servers being slow. bad pun I know but I had to
- fuzzmeister, on 04/03/2008, -1/+39It's Google Video. Trust me, it isn't down.
- JohnCrock, on 04/03/2008, -0/+35I don't know, I think it would be pretty useful to have a moat like that around the servers to keep all them Trojan Horses at bay.
- Someguy101, on 02/19/2009, -0/+34I think the bigger problem is that they have a room with a waterfall in it. I don't think that was intended.
- RogerStrong, on 04/03/2008, -0/+31I once took a tech support call from someone who's building was on fire, wasn't leaving without the server, and wanted help disconnecting it. Quickly.
This was just a couple months after a fire at another customer - who made backups religiously but didn't take them off-site. - dlightle, on 04/03/2008, -0/+31At least they didn't freeze yet.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -3/+34or left to die with his servers
- yacks, on 04/03/2008, -0/+29just do it next week.. we won't notice
- abshack, on 04/03/2008, -0/+28haha... who's the dunce who came up with that bright idea.
"A Licensed building contractor, who made the lowest bid during the board meeting..."
Pretty sure that was a public building. Nowhere else could you get that stupid. - forgiste, on 04/03/2008, -0/+28uhm, that's up there ^, this is a totally different reply thread. plus you're a dork.
- Otto, on 04/03/2008, -0/+28No, bad idea. You should not use raised floors for cabling.
Raised floors were actually originally meant to allow for air flow through the cabinets. The bottom of the server racks are open, sitting with open raised floor underneath, and the exhaust (possibly with a fan) is on top. Cooled air is blown into the floor area, heat from the server's rises and is exhausted out the top, sucking in cool air from below. The under floor space must have proper drainage, because condensation from cooling devices always goes somewhere.
Wiring should always be above the raised floor, in wire ladder systems. Although most cabinets have their wiring internal and then the only thing to need to route to them is power and ethernet interconnects, if you placed your hardware correctly.
Of course, as time went on, heat production dropped and the hardware grew more numerous. More racks get added, and cables start getting routed through the convenient under the floor space. Still, it's not a good idea, for reasons that you've just witnessed. - laserblazer, on 04/03/2008, -0/+26Coincidentally, not ironically.
- KeepOffMyLawn, on 04/03/2008, -2/+28Break out the WetVac.
- Elliuotatar, on 04/03/2008, -1/+25Well? Did he succeed, or burn to death?
- TheLD, on 04/03/2008, -1/+24Shouldn't have been torrenting
- absentmindedjwc, on 04/03/2008, -0/+21"Who the hell builds a server room in a room with ***** windows?"
SERIOUSLY.... linux is the way to go, heh - TecHeavy, on 04/03/2008, -1/+22your absolutely right about that.
- Speed, on 04/03/2008, -0/+19Of course not, he's a Digg user. Idiot, most likely. *****, no.
- RogerStrong, on 04/03/2008, -0/+19Success, no injuries to life, limb or data.
Major damage to the building and stock though. - Akadjjoel, on 04/03/2008, -2/+20Are you a ***** idiot?
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -6/+24shouldn't your server room be on a higher floor not in the basement?
- f4nt0m4s, on 04/03/2008, -0/+18It happens...I did some IT work at a company with an improv server room. Not every company wants to buy and set up a proper server room, so sometimes the IT department has to improvise. I think a lot of companies still don't completely value their digital data. A server room should be properly cooled and the equipment shouldn't be on the floor, and it should be locked up with no windows. I guess you should have a drainage system too. It sucks because IT costs money, so I think a lot of IT departments get into management issues asking for more money to spend to properly install stuff like servers, and in smaller companies that can become a problem. But I'd hate to be the IT guy that gets to go to the CEO of some small company and go, "your server room is flooded jackass! there goes 2 years worth of data! i told you so!"
- jorisb, on 04/03/2008, -1/+19I worked in a large office where the server room was located on the third floor. A large water-pipe burst on the floor above and drenched the server room. There was about 4 inches of water below the raised floor, but because most connections were made above this floor. The damage was minimal and most servers just kept running.
- loki1983, on 04/03/2008, -4/+21hope they had a sump pump.
- ChaosProfessor, on 04/03/2008, -0/+16I don't think they would be going home
- trghpy, on 04/03/2008, -5/+21Raised floors for moving air (and water if you water cool).
The tiles in front of the servers have holes to let cold air out to feed the intakes of the servers.
Wiring should be on a wire ladder and not under the floor. You'll have a rats nest in no time if you go under the floor. -
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