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Re: Raised floor, Solid floor... or carpet?


From: telmnstr () 757 org
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:36:56 -0400 (EDT)

Its an april fools joke for them.  Dare I say that I have actually seen
DCs with carpeting. My jaw dropped but it does exist.

We had carpeted floor tiles in a data center where I used to work. It was bound to the raised floor panels, and I was told it had anti static properties. Never noticed a static issue, but the room had proper air handlers with humidity control.

The room was still loud, I'm not sure what dampening attributes it had for noise reduction. After a while the tiles start to wear a bit on the edges I suppose, but they had been in place for 5 years I believe and it looked fine (other than where liquid spills occoured on a distant side where people had some cubicles.)

The puller to lift floor tiles had evil teeth, not suction cups. It could bite.

                        - Ethan O'Toole



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