Walked into a server room in Tulsa and saw 6 years of dust on every fan

I was called out to a small clinic off Sheridan Road in Tulsa to look at a failing switch and the whole rack was caked in dust. One of the intake fans had a mat of lint so thick you could peel it off in one piece, and the room temp was sitting at 84 degrees. I told the office manager this was probably why they were replacing drives every few months. Do you all push for a cleaning schedule in your service contracts, or just clean it and move on?

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harper_wells15d ago

Did the office manager even know the rack existed before you showed up? Curious if they have any kind of PM contract or if it's just break-fix calls.

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skyler_baker15d ago

Happened to me too, walked in and the manager had no clue what was in that closet. Just break-fix calls, no PM contract at all, so of course the thing was a dust pile.

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