What Level of Power Protection Do You Require?
When assessing power protection requirements, business electronics users need
to be aware of the multiple solutions available from APC. Within large organizations, the degree of power
protection can differ widely. Departments and specific locations within facilities should be evaluated on a
case-by-case basis.
Too little protection in one department could lead to disaster. Mismatching the
power protection technology to the need in another department could lead to
unnecessary overspending. APC offers flexible solutions for many environments.
Following is a roadmap outlining the major levels of power protection solutions
available from APC
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LEVEL 1: Simple Surge Protection for Hardware
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Within every desktop, laptop or
server, sensitive electronics such as modems, motherboards, communications
cards, and hard drives wait for disaster to happen. APC surge protectors have a
lifetime warranty. When they sacrifice their lives to save a computer, your
customer automatically gets a replacement unit, FREE of charge.
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LEVEL 2: Filtering “Dirty” Power
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Power coming in from the outside can
be very unstable and increase the threat of early equipment breakdown.
Installing an APC UPS will eliminate the impact of intermittent loss of power.
Filtering the power supply of spikes, surges and sags will extend the life of
the sensitive electronic components within your customers’ computer systems.
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LEVEL 3: Protection from Power Outages of Less than 5 Seconds
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Even a power loss of just a few seconds can lead to hours of costly recovery
time. In just one server, a 3-second power hit can mean lost data and a 1/2-hour or more of recovery time.
Battery backup solutions from APC can make these momentary power blips invisible to the user and save
operations staff from the inconvenience of having to stop what they’re doing in order to
address the latest power problem.
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LEVEL 4: Using the Intelligence of the UPS to Perform Safe Shutdown and Remote
Reboot During Major Outages
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APC UPSs can play an important role in allowing network administrators to maintain
uptime in remote offices despite the fact that no personnel in these offices are available to power up and power
down systems as required.
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LEVEL 5: Implementing Redundant UPSs for Critical Systems
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APC solutions, including the Symmetra® Power Array® and
InfraStruXure™ availability architecture, provide elegant solutions to customers who seek the peace of mind
of redundant UPS systems. APC units configured in redundant mode can help eliminate the weak link of a substandard and unpredictable power supply.
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LEVEL 6: Enterprise-Wide 99.999 Percent Uptime
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The corporate power infrastructure includes access to the local utility, the power
delivery mechanisms within an office building, the flow of power to departments and offices (both local and
remote), and finally (and most importantly) the power flow to critical information systems. Power problems can
crop up in a multitude of places where data is created, transmitted or stored. Customers today have neither the
time nor the proper resources to address the power protection elements of their information delivery systems.
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