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Most datacenters are fairly boring to be honest. The most exciting thing likely to happen is some sheet metal ripping your hand open because you didn't wear glo

Most datacenters are fairly boring to be honest. The most exciting thing likely to happen is some sheet metal ripping your hand open because you didn't wear gloves. Still have my "my other datacenter is made of razorblades and hate" sticker. \o/

formerly_proven 1y ago
They do commonly have poisonous gas though.
- maaaaattttt 1y ago
  Not sure if you’re joking but a relatively small datacenter I’m familiar with has reduced oxygen in it to prevent fires. If you were to break in unannounced you would faint or maybe worse (?).
  - bob778 1y ago
    Not quite - while you can reduce oxygen levels, they have to be kept within 4pp so at worst, will make you light headed. Many athletes train at the same levels though so it’s easy to overcome.
    - waste_monk 1y ago
      That'd make for a decent heist comedy - a bunch of former professional athletes get hired to break in to a low-oxygen data center, but the plan goes wrong and they have to use their sports skills in improbable ways to pull it off.
- ArnoVW 1y ago
  And lasers come to think of it
- UltraSane 1y ago
  No FM200 isn't poisonous.
  - bdangubic 1y ago
    tell that to my dead uncle jack :)
- mrgoldenbrown 1y ago
  Halon was used back in the day for fire suppression but I thought it was only dangerous at high enough concentrations to suffocate you by displacing oxygen.
  - userbinator 1y ago
    To be of any use, it also has to suffocate a fire.
    - oasisbob 1y ago
      Halon doesn't work that way, by displacing oxygen. Flame chemistry is weird. Halogenated fire suppression agents work by making Hydrogen (!) out of free radicals. https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/el/fire_research/Fleming-Chemical-Fire-Suppressants-How-can-we-Replace-Halon.pdf https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/el/fire_research...
- christkv 1y ago
  I had a summer job at a hospital one year in the data center when an electrician managed to trigger the halon system and we all had to evacuate and wait for the process to finish and the gas to vent. The four firetrucks and station master who shoved up was both annoyed and relieved it was not real.
tacticus 1y ago
there are datacentres not made of razorblades and hate?

formerly_proven 1y ago

They do commonly have poisonous gas though.

maaaaattttt 1y ago
Not sure if you’re joking but a relatively small datacenter I’m familiar with has reduced oxygen in it to prevent fires. If you were to break in unannounced you would faint or maybe worse (?).
- bob778 1y ago
  Not quite - while you can reduce oxygen levels, they have to be kept within 4pp so at worst, will make you light headed. Many athletes train at the same levels though so it’s easy to overcome.
  - waste_monk 1y ago
    That'd make for a decent heist comedy - a bunch of former professional athletes get hired to break in to a low-oxygen data center, but the plan goes wrong and they have to use their sports skills in improbable ways to pull it off.
ArnoVW 1y ago
And lasers come to think of it
UltraSane 1y ago
No FM200 isn't poisonous.
- bdangubic 1y ago
  tell that to my dead uncle jack :)
mrgoldenbrown 1y ago
Halon was used back in the day for fire suppression but I thought it was only dangerous at high enough concentrations to suffocate you by displacing oxygen.
- userbinator 1y ago
  To be of any use, it also has to suffocate a fire.
  - oasisbob 1y ago
    Halon doesn't work that way, by displacing oxygen. Flame chemistry is weird. Halogenated fire suppression agents work by making Hydrogen (!) out of free radicals. https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/el/fire_research/Fleming-Chemical-Fire-Suppressants-How-can-we-Replace-Halon.pdf https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/el/fire_research...
christkv 1y ago
I had a summer job at a hospital one year in the data center when an electrician managed to trigger the halon system and we all had to evacuate and wait for the process to finish and the gas to vent. The four firetrucks and station master who shoved up was both annoyed and relieved it was not real.

tacticus 1y ago

there are datacentres not made of razorblades and hate?