[Beowulf] urgent: cost of fire suppression?

Jonathan Aquilina jaquilina at eagleeyet.net
Wed Apr 20 16:04:02 PDT 2016


Halon is no longer used due to its harmful effects on the environment.

On 2016-04-19 19:32, Per Jessen wrote:

> William Johnson wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I can't speak to the cost in dollars, but you my want to define your
>> goal in fire suppression.
>> Whether you are trying to just save the building or also have hopes
>> for data recovery might determine the type of system you employ, be it
>> plain water sprinklers or some kind of chemical foam.
> 
> I thought halon gas was the usual choice for datacentres, has that gone
> out of fashion?
 
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