Store Server Cabinet in Garage?

[joez]

Hey all,
I'm putting together a few rackmount servers and I purchased a pretty nice server cabinet. Has anyone had any experience with keeping their cabinet in the garage with their servers loaded? I don't foresee having more than 10 servers in it any time soon.

What issues do I need to consider in doing this?

Thanks,
Joe Z

 

[WR2]

What temperature and humidity extremes do you have in the garage? What kind of power regulation will you be using?

 

[joez]

I'm in FL, so temps can probably reach 85-90 in the garage, and high humidity. For now just 110, but eventually I'd get it wired for 220.

 

[uncfan_2563]

Humidity and High Temps are prolly really bad. I'm not an expert on server hardware but that's not good for any pc. Do you have a basement?

 

[cjl]

I wouldn't. Temperature fluctuations are hard on everything, but it is especially bad for hard drives. Also, adequate cooling could be a challenge with those ambient temps.

 

[jsc]

Yep. Most garages are not climate controlled. Really bad idea of putting a rack of computer gear in a Florida garage.