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What are you doing with heat? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by alekslyse@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I am starting to wonder why my server system is making SO much heat. I live in Norway, so outside temperature is around freezing, and my house I keep it around 25 degrees inside, except no heating in the server room. It got a roof extraction vent that is constantly sucking out air in that room, and I just had it inspected to be working perfectly fine.

Still its always over 30 degrees in that room, and the hot air is oozing from the server. Its just a consumer based drive and a couple of switches, plus a UPS, and its so warm in there.

Im getting afraid the high temperature can affect the hardware when its 30-35 degrees inside the server rack

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[–] umataro@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When I had a rack at home, it was a silent one (so almost completely sealed). I had a fat duct coming in from the outside into the bottom of the rack and another fat duct taking the hot air from the top outside. But in winter, I made sure it was blowing that hot air into the living space.

[–] techcode@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I just commented on basically the same - except it's more "structured" as Heat Recovery Ventilation also works the other way around.

So you can have fresh (as in new to your house, not the temperature itself) air coming in both in summer and winter - and in both cases it would be pre cooled/heated by the exhaust air.