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RE: fire suppression
From: "Hayes, Bill" <Bill.Hayes () owh com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:05:21 -0600
I've just been researching this, so here goes. Corrections always welcome. In the US, the National Fire Protection Association maintains the fire prevention standards. NFPA 75 - Standard for the Protection of Information Technology Equipment is the one you'll want to examine. WARNING: You have to pay to see them online (http://www.nfpa.org/codesonline/). Sun Microsystems mentions NFPA in Sun Microsystems Data Center Site Planning Guide Chapter 5: Safety and Security (http://docs.sun.com/source/805-5863-13/ch5.html). I've found this subject to be kind of fuzzy. Generally you'll want to use class "C" clean agents. Examples include Halotron, FM200, and good old CO2. For a discussion of CO2 and thermal shock, see http://www.nafed.org/library/C02comp.cfm. You should stay away from dry agents as they could really mess up the works when they get sucked into printers, etc. Class C dry agents are supposed to be nonconductive, but they could be abrasive. Bill... -----Original Message----- From: Zachary Mutrux [mailto:zmutrux () compumentor org] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 2:06 PM To: Security-Basics 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)