[Techtalk] Running servers too hot?

[Carla Schroder]

On Tuesday 07 October 2008 20:32:33 Kelly Jones wrote:
> I think we're running our servers too hot, but no one else believes
> me, so I need some sort of evidence/proof.
> 
> They hang frequently, but my cow-orkers blame demons and ghosts.

And they prefer this theory to reality? Lucky you....

Have you already checked to see if your 1Us have any kind of temperature 
monitoring built-in? The least helpful kind is in the BIOS, like what a great 
idea to have to reboot to check temperatures. But at least that will tell you 
if the systems have temperature-monitoring sensors built-in. Which they 
should, so then it's just a question of software, which Maria already 
discussed.

A kludgy way is to get a digital thermometer with an external sensor, like 
this:
http://www.directindustry.com/prod/b-b-thermo-technik/digital-thermometer-19452-273174.html

Then you can put the sensor inside the case and the readout outside. It works 
pretty well, I've used them a few times. These are about $20 at any home 
store.

Carla

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