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0 pointsbshimmin10y ago0 comments

My first thought was, "Wouldn't a folded beermat have sufficed?"

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Lots of DCs refuse to let you bring cardboard into the hall _at all_, never-mind keeping some in a rack.

It is a complete no-no, even if your DC doesn't say anything to you about it.

Just think of the potential loss of equipment if the sprinklers were to activate in a datacenter suite -- and if the flammable material is located in your cage, it's going to be you or your insurance covering that.

Tiksi10y ago

Usually the fire suppression is halon-like gas systems (can't use halon anymore), sprinklers are an absolute worst case last resort.

But yeah, there's plenty of

  NO CARDBOARD ON THE DC FLOOR
  NO CARDBOARD ON THE DC FLOOR
  NO CARDBOARD ON THE DC FLOOR

At every multi-tentant dc.

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