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тАО07-09-2002 11:50 AM
тАО07-09-2002 11:50 AM
...having a hard time believing I have to write this...
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тАО07-09-2002 11:58 AM
тАО07-09-2002 11:58 AM
SolutionWell now they're going to have to pay the piper - aren't they?
I'd use a vacuum, but reversed - blowing not sucking - every couple weeks. Wipe it down even more frequently. Try to set up a fan to move the dislodged dust on out *somewhere* when you do these procedures - else it'll just settle back on/into the system. There are also filters on the front of the system that will have to be removed & cleaned - also blow them out - do that outside if possible. Blow them from the back out.
But the bottom-line is they will severely shorten the life of this system & arrays. They just simply aren't designed for this type environment.
Hope you're charging them a healthy fee if you're carrying maintenance on this system....
Good Luck,
Jeff
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тАО07-09-2002 12:05 PM
тАО07-09-2002 12:05 PM
Re: How to clean enclosure
I would hesitate to do a wipedown of a running box; all you are doing it stirring up more dust to get sucked into the box. It make make you feel better but I doubt that it will do the machine any good.
It's been my experience when the environment is this dusty; temperature and humidity controls are essentially non-existent as well.
Those environmental factors are of greater concern than your dust.
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тАО07-09-2002 12:11 PM
тАО07-09-2002 12:11 PM
Re: How to clean enclosure
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тАО07-09-2002 12:13 PM
тАО07-09-2002 12:13 PM
Re: How to clean enclosure
HTH
Marty
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тАО07-09-2002 12:26 PM
тАО07-09-2002 12:26 PM
Re: How to clean enclosure
If the environment is really that detrimental, they would be much better off building a special closet for the server into which they can pipe some A/C than to leave it exposed like that. In the long-run this will be a cheaper soloution than to pay for drive replacements, which they may have to do. If the drives (and other parts) are damaged due to obvious environmental hazards, you can bet HP will not warranty them.
Balancing the cost on a single T&M disk swap with the associated downtime vs. the special construction costs should help them come to the right decision.
HTH, good luck,
mark
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тАО07-09-2002 01:00 PM
тАО07-09-2002 01:00 PM
Re: How to clean enclosure
Always remember one thing that the dust in any environment and especially where servers are installed will always give you problems in near future.
Always ensure that the server environment is dustfree. Before cleaning any dust you should be very careful since it may create problems if the servers are not handled properly while cleaning. Most of the server circuits and mainboards cannot come in direct contact with the dust and hence majot problems are avoided. Only the fans, some harddisk enclosures and smps units expose to dust and hence these components should be cleaned carefully.
SO PREVENTION IS BETTER THEN CURE !!!!
Piyush
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тАО07-16-2002 04:28 AM
тАО07-16-2002 04:28 AM
Re: How to clean enclosure
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