IT/IDF room size(Communication)

[David Christian]

Hi Guys,

I take on one new project. There are about 84 residential units, 4 retail stores and 1 leasing office. I need to decide IT/IDF room size.

1. The service area per floor is about 20,000 sqft. Therefore, size of IT/IDF room should be at least 10'x15'?

2. Could I use two IT/IDF rooms per floor and reduce size for each IT room?

3. Is it suitable to use 2 IT rooms each size is 10'x10'?

4. Do I need to provide separate IT/IDF room for leasing office, retail stores in the first floor?

Thank you!

 

[JFletcher]

Hi Guys,

I take on one new project. There are about 84 residential units, 4 retail stores and 1 leasing office. I need to decide IT/IDF room size.

1. The service area per floor is about 20,000 sqft. Therefore, size of IT/IDF room should be at least 10'x15'?

2. Could I use two IT/IDF rooms per floor and reduce size for each IT room?

3. Is it suitable to use 2 IT rooms each size is 10'x10'?

4. Do I need to provide separate IT/IDF room for leasing office, retail stores in the first floor?

Thank you!

What type of project it this? If you have that much room per floor, by all means, take it.

I would not want two IDFs (intermediate distribution frames) per floor unless one is a telecom closet and the other an IT closet, and they are right next to each other. Sq footage means little to me; how many drops/floor will you have? Two IDFs/floor will mean 2x as many risers for your fiber/trunk lines, 2x as many core drills, fire rated wall penetrations, conduits, etc. Personally the only reason I'd want 2/floor is if they arent centrally located and you started running close to 300' (100M) from desktop to switch with catx cable

A 100ft² room can hold a LOT of IT equipment. I've done numerous hotels 65-140 rooms with conference centers, business centers, full wireless, etc and only in one was the MDF (main distribution frame) anywhere near 10' x 10', more like room for one single rack and ~40ft² backboard space for all our wiring, which was shared with the ECs panels and cabinets.

The retail spaces may very well want their own security offices rather than a central point in the building.