Re: [flalug] Data Centers Breathe Easier with Less Oxygen

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Mar 19 2007 - 19:54:49 EST

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 06:05:15PM -0500, Eben King wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Chad Perrin wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 05:35:12PM -0500, tom smith wrote:
>>>> Innovative concept of fire prevention in data centers.
>>>> Smitty
>>>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129918/article.html
>>>
>>> I'm not sure how I'd feel about having to wear an oxygen mask while
>>> working on servers in the datacenter, though.
>>
>> Blurb says it's breathable; I guess the assumption is that nobody's going
>> to do calisthenics in the machine room anyway.
>
> I've essentially had to do calisthenics -- or at least lug around
> servers a lot -- in the datacenter when I was working for the Wikimedia
> Foundation.

True, but that wasn't in a reduced-oxygen atmosphere. Might they have made
more severe assumptions than usual for this? 

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