Both Siemens and IBM seem to know a good deal about the problem and the ways to mitigate it: http://www.datacenterjournal.com/inert-gas-data-center-fire-protect

Both Siemens and IBM seem to know a good deal about the problem and the ways to mitigate it: http://www.datacenterjournal.com/inert-gas-data-center-fire-protection-and-hard-disk-drive-damage/ http://www.datacenterjournal.com/inert-gas-data-center-fire-... The irony is that these systems are maintained by IBM :)