Casair | Hardware Solutions: Power Systems

Today's UPSs
What is the right power protection solution for a specific application? In configuring the most cost-effective and reliable means of protection, one must also consider all computerized needs against a range of available applications including the most appropriate UPS technology, control software, load size and battery time. Then there are the factors which, taken together, can serve as a solid foundation for an overall power protection strategy. Current considerations which may affect long-term satisfaction encompass USP configuration (e.g., rack, tower, or desktop); size (accounting for the types of systems in use, the range of applications, as well as the number of nodes in one or multiple locations); communication level (from simple shutdown capabilities to highly intelligent, SNMP and Web-based monitoring and control); upgrade ability; and support (determining the scope and availability of service locations, as well as the supplier's reputation for reliability and support).

Fortunately, there are many kinds of equipment available to protect against power problems. Power conditioning and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) are available for everything from a single PC to all the sensitive equipment housed in an entire plant. There are UPS products designed for specific applications - including industrial.

By matching all of these capabilities and options with current and future needs, the right UPS can be configured to protect almost any class of computing and networking equipment.

All UPS topologies can provide outage protection, and can play a role in today's' power protection industry:

The Offline UPS is a low-cost solution for convenience-level protection against power outages. Single-phase workstation applications only.

The Line-Interactive UPS with Power-Factor Correction provides better power conditioning for small network applications than standard line-interactive technology. Suitable for single-phase workstations and non-critical server applications. Not suitable for facility-wide three-phase applications.

The Double-Conversion UPS provides the beset performance and protection against all power disturbances. Recommended for all critical single-phase and three-phase applications, particularly high-availability, 24x7 applications.

Power protection used to be as simple as placing all sensitive equipment inside a "glass house" which was connected to a single power protection source. Contemporary power protection strategies must deal with much more. First and foremost there is the increasingly wide range of system configurations. Servers, workstations, routers, hubs, bridges, and other sensitive components must all be taken into consideration.

Second, computer networks have become the productivity tool for many enterprises. As these systems become more and more integral to doing business, even the most minor power glitch can translate into a severe loss of productivity - from absorbing half day of an employee's, or even and entire department's, time to re-enter data to sustaining a costly production loss because a power glitch erased the machine control's part program and the machine produced scrap rather than sellable product. Ins some cases, as in a computerized ordering processing applications, a power problem can completely shut down operations altogether.

The engineering staff at Casair can design and install the most effective UPS configuration system for you. Call us at 1-989-831-8800.