Server to survive -15C ?

[knowlesy]

Right I need some help here, I need some suggestions for something that has the ability to survive to -15C to 35C that is either the size of a Dell R210 or a small form factor desktop equivalent (as its going to be wall mounted literally) has to be 4 core either Xeon, core 2 duo (higher end) or i7, 4 gb of ram and 2 x 250GB SSD in raid 1 ??? Ive had a look at some of the stealth (sorry if thats a competitor but I thought since its specialist area it should be ok) range but they are all 0 - 45C ....

 

[knowlesy]

well with all the cold weather etc, some of the servers I help look after are in indoor but with outdoor temperature conditions and some of the places have been recorded at that.

 

[knowlesy]

well from experience over christmas my amd 3000 went down to 5C in my garage at idle and my energy saving hdd went down to 1C and none energy hdd's were 3/4C so thats pretty sketchy.... As said above the moisture is the biggest threat and Im hoping for an all in one solution with as little bodge as possible, so I dont have to spec out an enclosure etc .... I have found all in one boards etc and atom based temperature able pc's but an atom wont run 2008r2

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oh an to stop moisture seal it right up with duct tape

 

[knowlesy]

Personally I wouldnt worry.

Where I used to work we had a warehouse which had computers and a couple of servers in the back. The room at night would plumit to about -15c and in the day be the normal temperature. This was winter summer wasnt a issue.

The servers were left on and were nice and warm (ran very quiet). The workstations turned on in the morning and off at night never skipped a beat.

good to know

If you are going to go Dell / HP / IBM you would be wise to check their operating temps in case of any hardware claims.

and yeah I've had a chat with our premier sales contact over this and he's had to go and check this over ....