No company can afford to leave its IT assets unprotected from power issues. Here are just a few of the reasons why: Even short outages can be trouble : Losing power for as little as a quarter second can trigger events that may keep IT equipment unavailable for anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. And downtime is costly. Some experts believe the U.S. economy loses between $200 billion and $570 billion a year due to power outages and other disturbances.
Utility power isn't clean::strong By law, electrical power can vary widely enough to cause significant problems for IT equipment. According to current U.S. standards, for example, voltage can legally vary from 5.7 percent to 8.3 percent under absolute specifications. That means that what utility services promising 208-phase voltage actually deliver can range from 191 to 220 volts.
What is a UPS?
Put simply, a UPS is a device that :Provides backup power when utility power fails, either long enough for critical equipment to shut down gracefully so that no data is lost, or long enough to keep required loads operational until a generator comes online.Conditions incoming power so that all-too-common sags and surges don’t damage sensitive electronic gear.
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