COMMit is providing 5 important safety concerns which should be considered for the safety of your server room. The software securities are not only sufficient to protect your server. COMMit concerns for the physical security of your servers to protect your server room from fire and other external conditions. It provides cooling solutions to maintain hot and cold environments with 5 main safety concerns to be considered for your server room safety:
1. Fire suppression – This helps in protecting your data center against fire in which they offer FM 200 powder suppression kit and handheld fire extinguisher. This is one of the top class extinguishers for electrical fires. Along with this the company provides a qualified engineer for monthly inspection of their fire suppression.
2. Safe Operating Temperature – The temperature is maintained for keeping the server room cool for it has been observed that fire is mainly caused in server rooms due to overheating in temperature. So, to protect your server room from being overheated, installing thermostat in the room is a must. It reads the temperature of the room and prevents it from getting overheated.
3. Electrical Safety – Overloading of power strips should be avoided as fires are commonly started at daisy chained power strips. So always plug a power strip into an electrical outlet.
4. Server Room structure – Server rooms are mostly the common location of office fires so the structure of your server rooms must have fire retardant walls and ceilings with steel doors along with a standalone AC Unit with AC return vent and inflow vent.
5. Routine Safety Audit – Monitor your server room daily with a quick walk and keep a check on your loud servers as these are some of the parameters of spreading fire..
So, if you want to lower the chances of catching fire in your server, monitor your server security with COMMit’s Annual Maintenance contract. According to which they will only be focusing more on the fire suppression of your server. For more information, visit them at http://www.commit.ae
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COMMit is one of the IT service leading companies in UAE, it’s a service based company that provides solution for IT sector. Founded in 2002 in Dubai, they have now more than 10 years of experience & expertise in the field of IT & Telecom solutions. They offer their service in various sectors like Hospitality, Health, and Construction etc. and have delivered more than a 1000 projects within the UAE.