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The benefits of flywheel technology in the data centre
Rob Tanzer, Technical Support Manager of Chloride, discusses the benefits of UPS systems utilising flywheel technology to provide critical backup power in data centres. |
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Reducing energy consumption with UPS system design
80-NET UPS system: A state-of-the-art product solution designed to satisfy your power requirements and lower your cost of ownership. |
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Future power trends in dense single-user IT environments
Data Centre power density (W/m2) is growing at an exponential rate. What is the impact upon UPS systems? |
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Sweating your assets off?
With server virtualization increasing, this article examines the impact upon cooling and what to do to avoid ‘sweating your assets off’ |
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Big blades can be dangerous
Blade servers have experienced strong sales growth as more businesses look to save costs, space and ease the complexity of managing a host of individual servers. This article explores the impact upon power and cooling demands. |
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Has the hydrogen economy reached the data centre?
An exploration of state of the art power generation by fuel cell systems. |
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Data centre design - achieving maximum availability
All too often people wrongly assume that simply installing an UPS is the end of their problems. However, if the design and installation is handled badly, it could be the beginning. Nowhere is this more important than with the design of data centres. |
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Leading power factors
Traditionally an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) designed to protect computer supplies was optimised for operation with lagging power factor (PF) loads in the range of 0.6 - 0.9 which has led to almost universal adoption of the 0.8 lag PF rating e.g. 100 kVA / 80 kW. |
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Essential checklist for your critical power system
The increasing incidence of power cuts across UK and Europe has alerted companies dependent on critical power to the necessity for their operations to be protected by standby equipment, such as Generators and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS). What is less well understood is the care required in specifying the most suitable back-up system, as an inappropriate choice will still leave a business vulnerable. |
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Adding another vital layer of security to mission critical applications
All too often people wrongly assume that simply installing a UPS will be the end of their problems. However if the design and installation are handled badly it could be just the beginning. |
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Evolution in premise cabling approach
People who rely on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) need systems to be highly available. High integrity UPS deliver clean, continuous power to enable a high level of uptime from the systems they power. It is considered standard practice then that UPS are installed as an integral part of the building electrical infrastructure or deployed as an integral part of ICT infrastructure - or both. |
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