[TriLUG] OT: Designing a computer lab layout

[Jon Carnes]

The big thing to watch out for is power.  You will undoubtedly need to
add some circuits to the room as well as outlets.

You might want to look at going wireless, since the room is rather
small.  It might actually save you some bucks in wiring - and it will
make it easy for you to move things around.

Lighting is one of those things that folks always skimp on.  If you want
to be nice to your users, dump the fluorescents and use only
incandescents.  Of course this will add to your power needs and to the
heat in the room.

Good Luck - Jon Carnes

On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 16:59, Joe Meador wrote:
> Hey guys & gals,
> 
> The group I work for is about to create a new computer lab in a room 24 x
> 20 feet.  We'll have 6 PC's with some running Windows and some Linux, 3 SGI
> workstations, and a Linux cluster in a rack enclosure.  We'll probably
> have at least 1 networked printer and possibly a scanner, and will need
> workspace for people with laptops.  The  room currently is not networked
> but we are going to get 20 Ethernet jacks installed.  Are there any
> precautions, suggestions, etc for setting a lab up.  The room *should*
> already have sufficient ventalation.  I am unsure on how I should
> physically have the room situated, what size/type desks we should get,
> etc.  Also what kind of lighting we should look at (I know that the people
> in it will probably want fairly soft lighting because they will be using
> graphics "stereo" for molecule visualization, etc).
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> 
> Joe Meador
> joe at alien.biochem.wfubmc.edu
> 
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