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RE: fire suppression
From: "Lyles, Carey" <lylesa () hastings-ent com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 15:12:20 -0600
A couple of things to add, All good server rooms or datacenters must have a reliable air-conditioning system to keep temperatures under control. A server room with a lot of boxes can generate a tremendous amount of heat. Keeping the server room cool will decrease component failure (items like hard drives tend to die early if overheated) and will also decrease the chance of creating a fire due to excessive system temperature. I have actually seen a power supply smoke and melt in a very large IBM mainframe when the air-conditioning broke and the room's temperature spiked. If there is not an operations staff 24X7, you should also have a reliable monitoring system that can page you. Various systems can be setup to page you in the event of temperature increase, fire suppression system release, etc. Make sure you have your power lines inspected and that you don't overload them or your UPS. In my humble opinion, fire prevention should be the first step when considering fire suppression. But of course, you still have to have fire suppression in case one does break out. Carey Lyles Security Administrator -----Original Message----- From: Steve [mailto:securityfocus () delahunty com] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:06 PM To: Zachary Mutrux; Security-Basics Subject: Re: fire suppression
From a recent seminar, here are the issues:
Fire Detection Fire Suppression Computer Room Policies Sprinkler Systems Halon Phase Out Alternatives to Halon Consult an Engineer Detection under raised floors, consider air sampling systems, can help prevent discharge. Pre action sprinkler systems. Halon grandfathered, can still re-charge too but no new agent manufactured. Halon alternatives: inergen, FM-200, FE-13, Policies oriented on prevention, storing materials in computer room. Good carbon dioxide extinguishers. Computer room standards. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Mutrux" <zmutrux () compumentor org> To: "Security-Basics" <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:05 PM Subject: fire suppression Security includes maintaining availability, right? So I guess that includes preventing and recovering from disasters. Can anyone suggest a good resource for information about fire suppression in server rooms, etc? Thanks, Zac --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- fire suppression Zachary Mutrux (Dec 02)
- Re: fire suppression Quentin Hartman (Dec 03)
- Re: fire suppression Brad Arlt (Dec 03)
- RE: fire suppression dave kleiman (Dec 03)
- Re: fire suppression Meritt James (Dec 03)
- Re: fire suppression Meritt James (Dec 03)
- Re: fire suppression Steve (Dec 03)
- Re: fire suppression Ivan Andres Hernandez Puga (Dec 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: fire suppression Hayes, Bill (Dec 03)
- Re: fire suppression Ivan Coric (Dec 03)
- RE: fire suppression Lyles, Carey (Dec 03)