Protecting your data centre with fire suppression
With the amount of heat generated by data centres and IT facilities, it is no surprise that there are plenty of different fire suppression options out there to help prevent fire and the serious damage it causes. Google Data Centre Data centres by their very nature need to be running 24 hours a day and any disruption to any of their primary services could be critical, meaning the need to protect against a potentially ruinous fire is crucial. So, first things first, what are the systems available to you if you want to protect your IT facility? Well, obviously, sprinkler systems are off the menu; dousing your servers in water probably isn’t the best way to go if you want to keep your services up and running. No, there are other choices out there that will keep your equipment safe from fire and not damage it in the event of a blaze breaking out. After all, prevention is better than the cure and fire suppression systems are based upon that principle. First off, let’s take...