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APC Power Management

Power Blackouts, Brown-outs, Spikes!
There will be a next time. Will you be ready?

caliberIT is here to solve your immediate issues, guide you in your recovery efforts and help you to:

• Prevent data loss, downtime and damage to sensitive electronics.
• Prepare for business continuity and recovery.
• Protect your home and business with APC's award winning solutions from desktop to data center.

Whether it is a UPS you need or a complete power and cooling solution for your entire IT environment we can ensure that you choose the correct solution, install it and ensure that it keeps working flawlessly year after year.

caliberIT is currently offering a free Power Assessment of your business systems. The assessment takes approximately 15 minutes so call or email us for more information or to request the free assessment.

Select one of the links below for more information:

Explanation of Power Problems – What are Blackouts, Brownouts, Sags and Surges?

Solution Selectors – Choose the correct UPS, surge protector cable, notebook battery or upgrade options / battery replacements

InfraStruXure™ - On-demand scalable, manageable, pre-engineered solutions for your entire IT environment.

Explanation of Power Problems

Blackouts: A Total loss of utility power. Blackouts are only one of many possible power problems that can disrupt or even harm your valuable electronics.

CAUSE - Blackouts are caused by excessive demand on the power grid, lightning storms, ice on power lines, car accidents, damage caused to supply cables by construction equipment, earthquakes and other catastrophes.

EFFECT - Current work in RAM or cache is lost. The hard drive File Allocation Table (FAT) may also be lost, which results in total loss of data stored on drive.

Brownouts / Sags: Also referred to as “sags”, they are short-term decreases in voltage levels. This is the most common power problem.

CAUSE – Sags are usually caused by the start-up power demands of many electrical devices (including motors, compressors, elevators, shop tools, etc.) In some countries, electric companies use sags to cope with extraordinary power demands. In a procedure known as rolling brownouts, the utility will systematically lower voltage levels in certain areas for hours or days at a time. Hot summer days, when air conditioning requirements are at their peak, will often prompt rolling brownouts.

EFFECT – A Sag can starve a computer of the power it needs to function, and cause frozen keyboards and unexpected system crashes which both result in lost or corrupted data. Sags also reduce the efficiency and life span of electrical equipment, particularly motors.

Spike: Also referred to as an impulse, a spike is an instantaneous, dramatic increase in voltage. Akin to the force of a tidal wave, a spike can enter electronic equipment through AC, network, serial or phone lines and damage or completely destroy components.

CAUSE - Spikes are typically caused by a nearby lightning strike. Spikes can also occur when utility power comes back on line after having been knocked out in a storm, as the result of a car accident or damage caused by construction machinery.

EFFECT - Catastrophic damage to hardware occurs. Data will be lost.

Surge: A short term increase in voltage, typically lasting at least 1/120 of a second.

CAUSE - Surges result from presence of high-powered electrical motors, such as air conditioners, industrial equipment, and household appliances in the vicinity. When this equipment is switched off, the extra voltage is dissipated through the power line.

EFFECT - Computers and similar sensitive electronic devices are designed to receive power within a certain voltage range. Anything outside of expected peak and RMS (considered the average voltage) levels will stress delicate components and cause premature failure.

Noise: More technically referred to as Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) and Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), electrical noise disrupts the smooth sine wave one expects from utility power.

CAUSE - Electrical noise is caused by many factors and phenomena, including lightning, load switching, generators, radio transmitters and industrial equipment. It may be intermittent or continuous.

EFFECT - Noise introduces glitches and errors into executable programs and data files.

Solution Selectors

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InfraStruXure™

InfraStruXure™ closes the gap between advancements in IT technology and its supporting power and cooling requirements. Paralleling the streamlining of IT systems, InfraStruXure™ is power and cooling architecture made up of modular, highly manageable, pre-engineered components, providing a seamless and secure foundation upon which to build your entire IT environment.

InfraStruXure™ fully integrates power, cooling, management, and services within a rack-optimized design. The result? The reliability, affordability, and predictability of standardized solutions, yet completely customized for your specific problems.

caliberIT provides professional design-to-online services for InfraStruXure™ solutions. Contact caliberIT for more information.

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