Well, our little business that started with just my Dad and I and one other guy has grown to the point where we are getting a new building. Among the many hats I wear in the small company is that I'm in charge of setting up the new server room. Having only worked briefly for companies that were large enough to have a real server room, I thought I'd elicit suggestions from some of the braintrust here.

Some more info on what we have. We have a single 19inch rack which currently houses our servers, switch, firewall/router and phone system. Our battery backups are currently APC UPS's that are wall mounted behind the rack. Our CSU/DSU is also wall mounted, but that was because the ISP did not bring a rack-mountable unit.

One thing I'm already doing is having a separate climate-control unit for that room, as that is something we currently wrestle with. Because we don't have a load of money to throw at it, right now I'm just planning on a window-mount unit (secured so that it can't be pushed back through.) Is this a bad idea?

What's the best way to mount the rack itself? Bolts into the concrete slab? How about securing the top? Right now it's just bolted to the wall, but I'm not entirely comfortable with that. Are there any special grounding issues that need to be addressed?

The information I'm really looking for is what a small company who hosts a few sites as well as all of the company internet/telephone on a T-1 needs and what is overkill (ie...raised floor). Things like humidity control, high temperature alarm/notification, remote reboot, power generator (we're a couple hours inland, but still could be affected by hurricanes, mostly by power outages. Flooding should not be a problem), and even wire management are things I'd be very interested in hearing about. We're going to be moving by October 21st, so I have to get hopping on this stuff and get our T1 moved over. Thanks!

EDIT: Also, links to inexpensive but reputable sellers of cable, wall plates, keystone jacks, punch tools, etc.. would be helpful.
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