A data room in a courthouse must have fire suppression that will not soak the switches and routers if it discharges. Which choice fits the equipment?
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Short Explanation
You do not put a shower head over a rack of live switches and call it protection. A clean-agent system is built to knock down a fire without soaking the equipment. Raising the temperature or drying the air may change the room, and neither one is fire suppression.
Full Explanation
Equipment rooms use a clean-agent or other non-water suppression system so a discharge does not flood electronics the way a water sprinkler does. The courthouse requirement is suppression that will not soak switches and routers, so a clean-agent system matches. A water sprinkler is a common building system and a poor choice directly over live network gear because a discharge destroys the equipment it was meant to protect. Raising the thermostat changes the cooling setpoint. It does not suppress a fire, and a hotter room works against the equipment. A dehumidifier controls moisture. It is not a fire-suppression system. Exam caveat: the building fire code decides what is legal in that room. The exam point is the equipment-friendly suppression method, not a specific product brand. Operational check: confirm the room's suppression is a clean agent, that the racks are not sitting under a wet-pipe head, and that facilities has a test record for the system. Walk the room with facilities and note every head that can still discharge water onto the racks.