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Power Protection Critical to Business Continuity

 
December 03, 2010

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  By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Power protection is an important topic for any organization that relies on IT to support its processes. As captured in this Data Center Knowledge report, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (IPSes) have become critical to ensure that all critical systems are protected from power interruptions. And, while UPSes are assuming increased responsibility, users also expect them to be more reliable and efficient than in the past.


A recent survey conducted by Uninterruptible Power Suppliers Ltd found that certain power issues concern data center operators the most. For one thing, when it comes to power protection, reliability is key. While increased critical loads are being managed by the data center, traditional utility power is becoming less reliable.

In fact, in this power protection survey, the company found that more than 75 percent of respondents had experienced a power outage within the previous 12 months. Another 78 percent of respondents believe the power situation will only worsen over the next 10 years. If we are to continue on the current path – without leveraging any alternative power sources – 19 Giga Watts of generating capacity are expected to go by 2018, which could produce power rationing and blackout risks.

Organizations can turn to alternative energy sources, but power protection measures must be put in place now. Aside from the potential blackouts that can result from too much power being consumed across the grid, energy costs are rising. In fact, this was a concern for 80 percent of respondents. Companies are also concerned with their carbon footprint and the combination of the two is driving research into alternatives. As important as it is to make these changes, power protection is the priority.

Energy consumption is also a consideration when buying new equipment. In the survey, 82 percent of respondents indicated that energy efficiency is a key buying consideration. If the solution offers core power protection built in, decision makers may find it more appealing than solutions that rely on external solutions to monitor power supply.

Interestingly, more than 90 percent of survey respondents believes that maintenance and emergency call out services are as important as the hardware itself to their business. In terms of power protection, they are right. As a result, it is imperative that power protection strategies and tools are in place so that business processes do not stop simply because power stops flowing to the building. 

Continued advancements in power protection are needed to ensure that no businesses loses power to their critical systems or risks lost data due to blackouts. As innovations continue, decision makers and data center managers need to leverage available solutions to deliver the optimal in power protection.


Erin Monda recently graduated from W.C.S.U. with a degree in professional writing. She primarily writes about network technologies, including cloud computing, virtualization and network optimization, however she also has a focus on E911 technologies and legislation.

Edited by Erin Monda
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