Let’s talk about lithium-ion batteries, how they differ from sealed lead-acid batteries, and why lithium-ion UPS batteries are a better solution to safely protect applications such as...
January 5, 2021
September 1, 2020
Controlling servers and other IT rack equipment remotely is not only part of an IT administrator’s job, but has become essential to ensure networks and data are available 24/7 without having...
In these challenging times, more employees are working remotely than ever before. In order to support remote tasks such as network access, emails and messaging, the reliability of network...
If you’re upgrading your existing 3-phase network, switching from single-phase to 3-phase power or overseeing a co-location network, the ability to monitor and control the power consumption...
April 10, 2019
Do you have a generator to supply power during a lengthy blackout? You’ll get the most out of it if you connect your generator to a UPS system. But there’s more than one kind of UPS – it’s important...
December 20, 2016
Sometimes, let me rephrase that, most of the time, the network administrator has more than just the data center to manage (i.e. network closets, user systems, etc.) and if he only has local...
November 4, 2014
You’ve just purchased a UPS service contract and are now breathing a sigh of relief that if your UPS goes down, you’re covered for even a catastrophic failure. Well, you may want to take another...
September 29, 2014
Power events such as transients can last only microseconds while other power disturbances (e.g., blackouts, brownouts, sags, etc.) may persist for only milliseconds. Both are much shorter than...
June 9, 2014
What is Power Usage Effectiveness?
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is the ratio of total energy employed at a data center or network facility vs. the total energy used strictly by IT equipment....
Tags: Data Center, Power Management
