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Hello, We have a quasi-server room. Half of the room is used for book storage for our ongoing book sale. The other half houses our two racks (a 2-post wiring tower, 4-post rack for our servers). We have a separate air handler on the roof for this room; and we keep it at 69F. I haven't looked into a/c racks, but it might be worthwhile in the future... Thanks, James Gilbert, BS, MLIS Systems Librarian Whitehall Township Public Library 3700 Mechanicsville Road Whitehall, PA 18052 610-432-4330 ext: 203 -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edward M. Corrado Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CODE4LIB] Liebert MCR / Other air conditioned racks Hi Code4Libers, This is slightly off topic but it seems like one of the best places to ask because I'm sure other libraries have similar situations where they do not having a "proper" server room and would have major difficulty or expense retro-fitting an existing room. I have come across a few airconditioned racks. I'd describe them as a server refrigerators. One such device is the Liebert Mini Computer Room (MCR) [1]. BlackBox also makes a similar product called ClimateCab [2]. Does anyone have any experience with these products or similar ones? The room I am thinking about getting one of these for would probably be fine with just a well designed rack with air-cooled features except that the campus likes to save energy by adjusting the buildings climate control settings when people are not typically there. I am thinking something like one of these racks might be a better solution. Edward [1] http://www.emersonnetworkpower.com/en-US/Products/RacksAndIntegratedCabinets /IndoorRacksAccessories/EnclosureSystems/Pages/LiebertMCRIntegratedCoolingEn closure16kWand32kW.aspx [2] http://www.blackbox.com/Store/Results.aspx/Cabinets-Racks/Full-Size-IT-Cabin ets/Climate-Controlled-Cabinets/n-4294954894