Comments on: What is the recommended Temperature and Humidity range for data center? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-recommended-temperature-and-humidity-range-for-data-center/ Tue, 21 May 2013 12:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: steveng7 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-recommended-temperature-and-humidity-range-for-data-center/#comment-85283 steveng7 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:04:56 +0000 #comment-85283 The important thing isn’t the temperature in the room; it’s the temperature of the air where it’s being sucked into the equipment (“inlet temperature”). The dynamics of the airflow in your data center will dictate what room temperature is required to achieve a given inlet temperature. I like to set the room temperature so no inlet temperature in the warmest location exceeds 80. Raising the room temperature even 5 degrees (say from 70 to 75) makes a large difference in energy savings!

As far as humidity, the latest recommendations allow a wider range than the old goal of 45-60% RH. You won’t have any problems between 35-75% RH and you’ll save a lot of energy by allowing the larger range of humidity.

]]> By: c007 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-recommended-temperature-and-humidity-range-for-data-center/#comment-85149 c007 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:04:56 +0000 #comment-85149 Our DataCenter Humidity Level is about 45 to 60

]]> By: whatis23 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-recommended-temperature-and-humidity-range-for-data-center/#comment-74237 whatis23 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:46:55 +0000 #comment-74237 We had IBM onsite to evaluate our data center and they basically recommended the same settings. Temp was a little higher, 69-70. We also swapped out a several normal tiles with tiles that have perforated holes to make use of the a/c below the floor. This enabled us to shutdown one of the 5 a/c units.

]]> By: mrdenny http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-recommended-temperature-and-humidity-range-for-data-center/#comment-74232 mrdenny Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:44:01 +0000 #comment-74232 My CoLo uses about the same settings. Although some people have been pushing environmentals to the extreme running without AC, or putting servers in tents to keep the water off with pretty good results.

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