UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator
What's a UPS unit? What is a diesel backup generator? For what reason are they found in every data center facility?
UPS is an abbreviation for Uninterruptible Power Supply or Uninterruptible Power Source. It is a battery used to power a personal computer or a hosting server in order to avoid the loss of information if the main source of energy fails for reasons unknown or becomes unsafe. A diesel generator pretty much self-explanatory. UPSs and generators are used as a backup in data centers to back up the main power source and to ensure the continuous operation of all the servers located there. Because the UPS operates all the time, it offers the required power for the machines to remain working until the generator starts and takes over. Using this kind of a backup is crucial for any data center or provider that wants to keep their hardware and info intact in case there is a power surge or outage, as it gives them plenty of time to react until the issue is resolved and the main power supply is restored.
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UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Cloud Hosting
The 99.9% network and hosting server uptime warranty which we provide is, to some extent, a result of the electric power backup setup we have in each of the 3 data centers in which we offer
cloud hosting packages - in Chicago (USA), in Coventry (UK), and in Sydney (Australia). If you get a new account to create or move your sites, it will be created on an innovative cloud platform that consists of a number of clusters dealing with your content. Each and every hosting server in the specific cluster offers its own potent enterprise-class UPS to keep it up and running no matter what, until quite a few electrical power generators boot up and provide the necessary power for the whole center to be operating for a lot of hours. You will not notice anything even in the event there's a disruption, because our backup units will power all the devices and we won't need to reduce the number of working web servers or the network equipment which addresses the traffic to your sites.
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UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting
We provide you with
semi-dedicated server accounts in our data center in the town center of Chicago and one of the reasons behind our 99.9% uptime guarantee is the exceptional backup setup that the facility provides. Your new account will be created on our top-notch web hosting platform and each one of the servers that are part of it includes its own effective UPS unit that will keep it fully operational at highest capacity until several diesel generators take over. The latter will be able to keep the whole data center working for a long time period, without any limitations on the number or the kind of devices which can work, so you'll not notice any difference in the functionality or the loading speed of any website which you host there. With our semi-dedicated hosting servers, you will have the ability to use a top-quality web hosting service with no interruptions of any sort.