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Data Centers Should Trust Emergency Power to UL 1008 Listed Automatic Transfer Switches

Data Center Knowledge

When utility power at a data center fails, automatic switchover to an emergency backup power system that enables “business-as-usual” is the ideal scenario, writes Bhavesh Patel of ASCO. Industry Perspectives' But sometimes that doesn’t happen because the transfer switch itself fails.While automatic transfer switches.

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Revising Data Backup and Business Continuity Handbook

Data Center Knowledge

Channel partners can help data centers move past traditional, non-reliable backup methods to modern solutions that ensure business continuity in the face of disaster Read More. Industry Perspectives'

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Conducting Your “Power Due Diligence” When Acquiring Existing Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

Data center power is part of that due diligence, and goes far beyond assessing the age of the backup generator or power protection and distribution. Industry Perspectives' The due diligence needed to acquire existing information technology assets involves a lot of factors, writes Mark Townsend of GE Critical Power.

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Disaster Recovery & Backup Are Part of Cloud Storage, Not Stand-alone Apps

Data Center Knowledge

It’s time to give up on incrementally improving a broken backup system, and instead move forward toward a new model for data protection. The cloud holds much more potential than a cheap dumping ground for backup and archive data, writes Andres Rodriguez of Nasuni. Industry Perspectives'

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The End of Backup

Data Center Knowledge

As many IT professionals have discovered too late, backups are also unreliable, a situation made even worse by the fact that bad backups typically aren’t discovered until there’s a need to restore. Read More.

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Diesel Fuel: It’s Critical for Standby Power

Data Center Knowledge

Data center downtime is a familiar topic in the industry; however avoiding down time through proactive fuel management is not common knowledge in the field despite an emerging relevance. A vast majority of data centers use diesel to supply their backup power systems, writes Alastair Trower of.

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Make Sure Your Data Center Backup Power is Hurricane-Ready

Data Center Knowledge

The start of hurricane season is around the corner and it’s important that your facility is prepared should one make landfall near your location. Read More.