Can five degrees decide whether your network survives rising temperatures?
Five degrees might not sound like much when you look at the weather forecast. But for the networks our everyday lives depend on, it can mean the difference between equipment running reliably and being pushed past the limits it was built for.
That matters more every year as extreme heat becomes more common. Heatwaves, wildfires, severe storms, and prolonged periods of high temperatures are putting IT infrastructure under pressure in places that were never designed for these conditions.
At the same time, the hardware inside our networks is becoming more powerful and densely packed, making it even harder to keep cool.
Director of Wireless Product Management at Extreme Networks.
Traditionally, outdoor wireless equipment has been designed to operate at temperatures of up to 60°C, taking into account both the heat outside the equipment and the heat generated by the hardware itself. But some vendors are now lowering that ceiling to...
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