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Going GREEN at the Datacenter? Better check your server temperatures!

TechOps Guy: Jason

It seems innocuous enough, but we recently stumbled across the following Windows Event Log error indicating our servers were running at a very cool 8 degrees C...in fact, too cool!

Your Server is 8 degrees C.

So you're asking what's the GREEN connection? It turns out when we contacted our datacenter provider, Internap/Sabey they replied with the following:

"In an effort to be "green" we have been in economizer mode drawing cooling from the chilly outside air. We have adjusted our set points to correct this. I've left a message with the customer as well.

Thanks and let me know if there are any other questions"

In short, definitely make sure you have temperature monitoring, not just for heat, but for cold.

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