[TriLUG] OT: Designing a computer lab layout

[John Warf]

Be real sure that you have plenty of outlets and put them on separate
circuits.  I might would even go GFI outlets in some spots just to protect
some of your equipment unless you use GFI rated power strips.  Someone
mentioned wireless.  I would go wireless in the room but I would also have
some standard 100Mb outlets just for the fact that in graphics they can get
really big and moving them across a wireless network can hurt.  I like to
build my computer desk that would house the mounted cpu's, sometimes you
save money sometimes not.  If you have tables in the middle of the room for
laptops I would go with regular 6ft or even 4ft tables.  If this will be
like a teaching facility you want to have a good lighting (bright in my
opinion) but if it will be for just working a softer lighting with
possibilities of dimming.

John

On 3/12/03 4:59 PM, "Joe Meador" <linux at alien.biochem.wfubmc.edu> 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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