[124521] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Raised floor, Solid floor... or carpet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (telmnstr@757.org)
Thu Apr 1 14:37:38 2010
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:36:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: telmnstr@757.org
cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4BB4DFDD.5090205@comcast.net>
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> Its an april fools joke for them. Dare I say that I have actually seen
> DCs with carpeting. My jaw dropped but it does exist.
We had carpeted floor tiles in a data center where I used to work. It was
bound to the raised floor panels, and I was told it had anti static
properties. Never noticed a static issue, but the room had proper air
handlers with humidity control.
The room was still loud, I'm not sure what dampening attributes it had for
noise reduction. After a while the tiles start to wear a bit on the edges
I suppose, but they had been in place for 5 years I believe and it looked
fine (other than where liquid spills occoured on a distant side where
people had some cubicles.)
The puller to lift floor tiles had evil teeth, not suction cups. It could
bite.
- Ethan O'Toole
