[sudo-discuss] Server Room Status

[David Keenan]

hey guys,

I applaud the effort to find a good, secure server space! I definitely
wanna help.

The main issue with using this particular room is, as you can see by
looking at the floorplan, the Backspace wellness collective is
already paying rent on that particular area (NW groundfloor corner) and
will be making their own changes to that space. Backspace is myself, Andrew
of course, Margaretha, Athena, and Sarah.

The wellness collective needs quiet - thats partly an attraction for that
corner of the building - and, a cabinet full of fans plus almost
certainly AC for the cabinet, is loud. Also, it takes up Backspace, and to
be honest, i have hard time inamagining Sudo wont need to get into it alla
the time, so it seems nonideal to me.

In general I would think, before using other essentially non-shared areas
of the building for Sudo's servers, we would have to actually rule out why
building the room in other locations, like Sudo room, wouldnt work, and why
we think actually that particular location in someone else's area is
really the only place it could work.

Regardless of Bsckspace, having racked & stacked for going on 20 years that
would not be my first location in the entire building for a lot of reasons.

Also, a server cabinet / closet does not need to be near the main
electrical panel. Nor does it does not need to be near the street.

We could find a room in the basement. There is excellent ventilation to the
basement, that just needs a small fix. Also the furnaces are in the
basement, and heat from the servers could tap into that venting to actually
help heat the building, which could save on energy. Also, there is a plan
to build a walk-in in the basement - the compressor for that could also
provide cooling for the servers.

In other words, in my view, we should attempt a green solution that ties
the serbers into the infrastructure for the building.

:)
d

On Saturday, July 5, 2014, Somebody <somebody at riseup.net
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','somebody at riseup.net');>> wrote:

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> === SERVER ROOM UPDATES ===
> 2014/07/05:
> Today Luis, Matt, and I did the walk in the building, and so far the
> only place that seems the
> most appropriate to have the server room is the room by the bar.
>
> This area is the most ideal in the whole building because the air flow,
> temperature, electricity proximity, and also because it is where the
> Internet access enters the building.
>
> Since this area is not is not part of the SudoRoom space, we will have
> to talk about it with the rest of the Sudo-Mesh group and the group
> approves it, then we would have to present the idea at our
> Omni Collective meeting for approval.
>
> If approved by the Omni Collective, we would need to build:
>
> * A 2" or so high floor (two by fours and plywood would do, I believe.
> * A 55" x 65" cage with chicken wire walls and a door.
>
> If this place is NOT approved by the OOC then perhaps we should consider
> building the Server Room in the SudoRoom Space. High temperature and
> noise levels are the main issues.
>
> If others have ideas/comments/or want to be part of this process please
> jump in. You may contact Matt, Luis, or myself (Daniel).
>
> This update and all other Network/Reboot project is found at:
> https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Network/Reboot
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>
> This update and all other Network/Reboot project is found at:
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Network/Reboot
>
> Thx!
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