[60258] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Humidity ranges?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Tue Aug 5 00:01:42 2003
From: "Marshall Eubanks" <tme@multicasttech.com>
To: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu>,
Todd Mitchell - lists <lists@ciphin.com>
Cc: 'Steve Francis' <steve@expertcity.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 00:00:25 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3F2F25FC.8070901@utc.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 23:35:24 -0400
Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu> wrote:
>
> Todd Mitchell - lists wrote:
>
> > | and when I should
> > | complain to the datacenter operators? (References I can point to would
> > | be nice.)
> >
> > When your equipment starts to rust ;)
> >
> > I don't have any technical references, but I think that anything over
> > 65% is probably too much. Most facilities I have equipment in do not
> > exceed that mark.
>
> It isn't a *huge* issue (within reason) unless you have printers around
> and the inherent paper. Big lasers are notoriously finicky about
> humidity, which directly affects the paper quality.
>
If you are running lots of mag tape, humidity > 60 % starts to really
increase tape and head wear. If new tape heads are part of your
regular operating budget, I would keep the humidity < 50 %.
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
> Otherwise, just keep it well below the dewpoint :-)
>
> Jeff
>
