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    Server Room - trying to keep it cool

    I wasn't certain as to where this message should have been posted. Anyway- here at work, we seem to have a cooling problem with our server room. The room itself is about 20' x 18' in size. Our current system is limited by its poor design and aging building. Occasional water condensation leaks are a nuisance and not to mention a potential serious hazard to the electronic equpment that's operating there.

    Rather than try and replace the current HVAC system which would involve re-constructing the ceiling in the server room (expensive, I believe), I would rather just live with it and add a portable cooling system of some sort. Any ideas on any such systems?

    Space in this little server room is very limited.

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    If you have a window (unlikely), you could add a window AC unit that can be set to come on at a desired temperature. Otherwise, I know of portable systems that can help cool a decent sized room for a few hundred quid, but not sure if you should rely on them for your servers.

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    In our server room at work (about the same size as yours), we just added an A/C unit blowing into the room, exhausting out to the surrounding work environment, and with a plastic drain hose running through and exterior wall to the outside. I'd think a 20K btu unit would be capable of keeping your room in the low 60s°F, if ambient office temps are in the mid-70s.
    PS: the A/C is on its own power line.

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