UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator
What's a UPS unit? What exactly is a diesel backup generator? For what reason are they present in every data center facility?
UPS is an abbreviation for Uninterruptible Power Supply or Uninterruptible Power Source. It is a battery that is used to power a computer or a web server to avoid the loss of data when the main source of energy fails for whatever reason or becomes risky. A diesel generator basically self-explanatory. UPSs and generators are widely-used as a backup in data centers to back up the power and to ensure the consistent functioning of all of the servers located there. Due to the fact that the UPS operates all the time, it offers the required power for the servers to remain working until the generator starts and takes over. Using this sort of a backup is critical for any data center or hosting company that wants to keep their hardware and data intact in the case of a power surge or outage, because it provides them with ample time to react until the problem is resolved and the main power supply is restored.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The semi-dedicated server accounts that we provide you with are created inside a state-of-the-art data center in the town center of Chicago and its power backup system is one of the reasons why we can afford to guarantee a 99.9% uptime for both the servers which are part of our highly developed website hosting platform and the network that deals with all the traffic to and from them. An individual UPS system is connected to every single web server to keep it online until numerous generators kick in. The latter are powerful enough to supply electric power for the whole facility for many hours without having to restrict the power consumption or the overall performance of any server or network device, so even when there is an interruption, all the websites hosted on our platform shall still be accessible without disturbances and will perform at top speed.
