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At this time of year, it not uncommon to experience ‘blips’ in the mains power supply. Not surprisingly these may be caused by weather related factors such as storms and high winds or the electricity grid switching to cater for increasing demand. If you have a UPS power supply, you will be protected and may notice your UPS alarming for one or two seconds, as it uses battery power to keep your servers and IT loads running. If not, then you may have witnessed a sudden computer crash, server reboot or experienced storage device damage.

As we head towards a winter with potential power disruptions, many organisations are reviewing how they will ensure their IT and computer rooms can run through a power outage and be safely shutdown if there is to be controlled capacity planning on the UK electricity grids.

The UK is in that time of the year when weather events can lead to momentary power outages or even complete mains power supply failures. High winds, heavy snow and even flooding can lead to brownouts (lower mains voltages), surge voltages, short breaks in the electrical supply and even substations going offline. Whilst server rooms and data centres have uninterruptible power supplies, home workers can find their home PCs and networks exposed to power problems. So, ‘what is the best UPS’ for home workers?

Industry 4.0 is driving the development of micro data centres, uninterruptible power supplies and environmental monitoring systems. Sometimes referred to as the Forth Industrial Revolution (4IR), industry 4.0 applications require a stable electrical supply for seamless process control, interconnectivity, data collection and smart factory automation.

The main reason for installing a backup power supply is to provide an instantaneous source of battery power for when the mains power supply fails or becomes unstable. Even momentary blips in the availability of your local electricity supply can lead to system downtime, hardware failure, damage, loss of service and data corruption.

Modular uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) have grown in popularity. They offer advantages over more traditional single or monobloc UPS systems. Whilst their initial cost may be higher, the benefits offered by modular power protection more than off-set the higher initial investment required.

The primary role of an uninterruptible power supply is to provide backup power when there is a power outage, or the mains power supply becomes unstable, to keep the connected loads running. The amount of backup power available is dependent upon several factors.

For some computer and server rooms, the most cost effective way to provide uninterruptible power protection is with a centralised UPS system. By this we mean installing a single UPS to power critical loads within the server racks, rather than to deploy individual uninterruptible power supplies within each cabinet.

Over the last two years, organisations have been deploying their business continuity plans. Whilst in the UK, they may now be reverting to a new normal, their business, operational and technology strategies are far more intertwined than before the pandemic. No more so than in the healthcare industry, where we are seeing greater interest in lithium-ion battery UPS systems.

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