sattelite phones and server rooms

Most servers and networking equipment have been tested for EMI at RF levels far stronger than a satellite phone, so I doubt that damage would be an issue. Of course the phone wouldn't work inside the room...but that is a different issue.

We had a SAN that lost its array config after a change was being written to its memory. we later found out that 5 meters away someone was turning a sat phone off and on trying to get a signal ..

We have no explanation for the failure of the SAN at this time. Does anyone one know what the issue with Phones in hospitals/ aricraft is ?

The issue with hospitals is that there is a possibility that some of the equipment may not have been adequately hardened (or tested) for use in an RF-rich environment. With aircraft there is always the possibility of interference with navigation or communications receivers. However, in my experience the avionics-grade communications equipment aboard modern airliners isn't subject to interference from properly operating FCC-type accepted hand held transmitters.

Planes also fly well if properly opperating.

How about also, the sparks from RF devices across items in the vicinity.

greg

I was a Main frame computer OP back in the late 70's thru the 90's. IBM and STK all advised against using any RF in the area of disk drives... I almost got fired one night because I brought in an RC car and was running it around the computer room!!!