RF Code provides an enterprise class, wire-free sensor solution that is ideal for monitoring in real time the environmental conditions in IT dense areas such as data centers and IT closets. RF Code's completely wire-free approach to environmental monitoring is an affordable, flexible alternative to traditional wired environmental monitoring solutions.

The solution components consist of:

1. R120 Rack Door Tags monitor and report on the open and closed status or doors, enabling you to track enclosure access attempts.
2.  R130 Dry Contact Tags connect to dry contact devices and continuously monitor and report on the open or closed state of the devices.   

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Dear Valued SharkRack Customer, 

As summer is winding down and fall is nearing us, SharkRack would like to remind you how important it is to keep your systems cool.  

In this issue we will discuss the ways  to keep a small room cool as they can run very hot and destroy your equipment. Also, SharkRack would like to introduce RF Code, SharkRack's new partner.

RF Code has an article about monitoring servers and other items in your cabinet and tracking them throughout your whole building. This is great technology and it is wireless.

SharkRack is here to  fulfill all your server and rack needs.

(510) 265-3690   balbert@sharkrack.com   

At SharkRack we had a server in a small room that needed to be cooled.  We added blanking panels to keep the cool air circulating in the rack and put a small air conditioning unit in the room to get the overall temperature down.  IT equipment vendors usually provide a maximum temperature under which devices are designed to operate.  For active IT equipment typically found in a wiring closet, this temperature is usually 104°F.  Typical recommended operating temperatures from IT equipment vendors are between 70°F and 75°F.  ASHRAE recommends 68-77°F and allowable temperatures are 59-90°F. 

The goal should always be to maintain temperatures no higher than 77°F.  Any temperature above 90°F should be avoided to reduce risk of equipment failure.  Disk drives are the main component in most equipment and they must be kept cool to prevent the drive from failing.  If a drive is kept cool it can last 4 to 5 times longer than a drive that is run at the maximum temperature.  

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