As part of your company's operations, you may need to collect and store business data as well as your customer's sensitive information. Even if you regularly back up this information into a cloud-based database, unexpected issues such as power surges and outages could make you lose data or even cause damage to your computer systems.
When data collection and storage is an integral part of your business, you need to make sure that it is protected. Below are a couple of ways that installing an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system can help you achieve this goal.
1. Keeps Power Consistent By Utilizing a "Ride-Through Time" During Outages
One way that a UPS power system can benefit your company and protect your important data is that it helps keep the power feeding your equipment at a consistent level. This includes the times when a power outage makes it necessary to flip the systems to an alternate backup power source.
Typically, when the power goes out, there are a few seconds that you have to wait for the backup source of power to kick on. During these few seconds, you could wind up losing data because of the interruption.
However, with a UPS system, the battery within it will keep power going to your equipment while it waits for the backup power source. This means that your equipment will not shut down, even for a few seconds, allowing your data to remain safe from a lack of power.
2. Protects Equipment and Data from Unexpected Power Surges
Another way your company's data and equipment can be protected by a UPS power system is that it can keep electrical surges from damaging your equipment. Whether from a lightning storm or a short in your building's wiring, a surge could not only damage the equipment, but it could also cause problems with the memory systems of the computers' processors.
However, if a UPS system detects a power surge, it will even out the electrical current so that it never reaches your equipment.
If collecting and storing business and customer data is a vital part of your company's day-to-day operations, make sure that the information and your equipment stay protected from power outages or surges that could erase data and cause shorts in your systems. Contact a business serving your area that offers Vertiv UPS power systems for more information as well as to discuss what options would be best for your company's needs.
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