Planning and Managing a Macintosh Datacenter

Conditions.

I’m consistently shocked at the appalling conditions that organizations force their servers to operate in... hot, dusty, cluttered corners or closets, surrounded by piles of cables and loose techno-detritus.

Servers need to be:

Protected, yet accessible to authorized staff.
That means behind a locked door.

In a “comfortable climate.” Comfortable for a computer that is…
Meaning about 60º68º F (15º20º C)
Minimal amounts of dust.
Good air circulation.

Quickly accessible.
Meaning easy access to the sides that matter.
On a G4 today that means front, side and back.


	Conditions.
	Conditions.

	I’m consistently shocked at the appalling conditions that organizations force their servers to operate in... hot, dusty, cluttered corners or closets, surrounded by piles of cables and loose techno-detritus. Servers need to be: Protected, yet accessible to authorized staff. That means behind a locked door. In a “comfortable climate.” Comfortable for a computer that is… Meaning about 60º68º F (15º20º C) Minimal amounts of dust. Good air circulation. Quickly accessible. Meaning easy access to the sides that matter. On a G4 today that means front, side and back.