[TriLUG] OT: Designing a computer lab layout

[Chris MacLeod]

On the same note as Jon, with the power also consider the wattage.

This might be more suitable to a discussion about datacenters/cages but I figure it's warranted here as well.

Be away that you can't just stack power strips on one after another.  I once did a cage layout and realized that we had plenty of outlets but that we only had 4 15amp circuits so while we had about 20 outlets we could only use 2 or 3 for each one b/c of the wattage limits.

Just something else to remember...

Stick

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:41:21PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
> 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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