UPS is an abbreviation for Uninterruptible Power Supply or Uninterruptible Power Source. That is a battery which is used to power a computer or a server to prevent the loss of data when the main power source fails for some reason or becomes risky. A diesel generator pretty much self-explanatory. UPSs and generators are used as a backup in data centers to back up the power and to guarantee the continuous running of all of the web servers located there. Since the UPS operates constantly, it provides the necessary power for the servers to remain operational until the generator starts and takes over. Using such a backup is crucial for any data center or web hosting provider that wants to keep their hardware and data intact in case of a power surge or outage, as it offers them lots of time to react until the issue is resolved and the primary power supply is restored.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Cloud Hosting
The 99.9% network and web server uptime warranty that we provide you with is, in part, a result of the electrical power backup setup we have in every of the 3 data centers in which we offer cloud hosting plans - in Chicago (USA), in Coventry (UK), and in Sydney (Australia). If you get a new account to develop or move your websites, it'll be set up on a modern cloud platform that consists of numerous clusters controlling your content. Every single hosting server in the selected cluster offers its own effective enterprise-class UPS to keep it working no matter what, until a number of electrical power generators boot up and provide the required power for the entire facility to be operating for many hours. You won't notice anything even if there is an interruption, as our backup units could power all of the devices and we won't need to reduce the quantity of working servers or the network equipment which addresses the traffic to your sites.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The semi-dedicated server accounts we offer are created in 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 are able to guarantee a 99.9% uptime for both the hosting servers that are part of our advanced hosting platform and the network that addresses all the traffic to and from them. An individual UPS unit is attached to every single server to keep it online until several generators kick in. The latter are efficient enough to deliver electricity for the whole facility for a long time without the need to reduce the power consumption or the efficiency of any hosting server or network device, so even when there is a disruption, all of the websites hosted on our platform will still be accessible without interruptions and will operate at top speed.