[SunHELP] Samll Computer Room Fire Suppression

Thu Jul 26 21:19:50 CDT 2001

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-----Original Message-----
From: James [mailto:jfogg at vicinity.com]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 02:09
To: SunHelp List
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Samll Computer Room Fire Suppression

noooo... noooo....

Water bad, very bad.

CO2 or Halon.

I am surprised that the insurance company said water. They will be
replacing expensive computers for false sprinkler triggers.

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On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, David Rouse wrote:

> At work we've got a smallish computer room with 11 servers, mostly Mac 
> minitowers plus a Sun U250 and a 670MP. Currently for fire suppression 
> we have a one-liter-ish hand-held Halon canister. There are no 
> sprinklers, halon, etc. in the computer room. Our insurance company says 
> that the canister isn't enough and says most folks are putting in 
> sprinklers.
> 
> I'm leary of saying yes to sprinklers. I'd like to hear from other folks 
> who have worked in smaller installations on what they have used for fire 
> supression in smaller computer rooms.
> 
> --
> David Rouse
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