Hot or not? Know your data center’s environment

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Whether we’re designing, building, or maintaining data centers, we need to pay attention to a lot more than how and where the bits flow. We also need to know about the physical environment. We need to keep all the gear at a reasonable temperature, and we need to protect it from all kinds of possible mayhem — from unauthorized access to burst pipes.

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Story added 12. November 2013, content source with full text you can find at link above.