Key Advantages of Data Center UPS Systems
Handling Power Disturbances
1. Smooth Transfer: UPS ensures smooth transfer to backup power without any form of interruption, thus ensuring continuity and availability of the operation.
2. Reduced Downtime: Power disturbances, especially pertaining to systems running through them, are curtailed by UPS systems, thus reducing downtime and its costs, hence operating costs.
Data Protection
1. Corruption Prevention: Systems operating ensure that there is prevention of data corruption resulting from abrupt loss of power.
2. Safe Data Handling: Saves data and system shut down safely, thereby keeping data integrity intact.
Hardware Protection
1. Voltage Regulation: Protects sensitive equipment from voltage spikes, surges, and dips.
2. Extended Hardware Life: Supplying clean power to the hardware increases the life of critical hardware components.
Cost Savings
1. Downtime Costs: Downtime avoidance saves huge costs related to stopped operations.
2. Minor Maintenance Costs: Hardware protection from electrical anomalies reduces maintenance and replacement costs, thus reducing the overall utility costs.
Types of Data Center UPS Systems
Knowledge of types of UPS systems is required to select an appropriate one for particular requirements:
Basic Protection: Switches over to battery backup supply power in case of outages.
Least Cost-Effective: For small data centers with low critical operations or activities.
Usage: Suitable for small businesses or non-critical applications.
2.Line-Interactive UPS
Voltage Regulation: Offers protection from power changes with the application of AVR.
Moderate Cost: Ideal for small/medium-sized data centers with moderately critical operations
Usage: widely used in locations where power changes occur frequently.
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3.Online/Double-Conversion UPS
Continuous Power Supply: Converts incoming AC power to DC and then back to AC, thus making sure a constant power supply.
High-level Protection. It offers maximum protection, ideal for huge, big enterprise data centers and medium- and small-sized data centers.
Application Industry usage is done in industries where a momentary power disruption may cause serious damage, such as an industrial facility, commercial facility, and IT facility.