UPS is an abbreviation for Uninterruptible Power Supply or Uninterruptible Power Source. This is a battery which is used to power some type of computer or a hosting server to prevent the loss of data when the main power source fails for whatever reason or becomes risky. A diesel generator practically self-explanatory. UPSs and generators are widely-used as a backup in data centers to back up the main power source and to ensure the consistent functioning of all the machines located there. As the UPS works at all times, it offers the necessary power for the servers to remain working until the generator starts and takes over. Using this type of a backup is critical for any data center or web hosting provider that wants to keep their hardware and data intact in case there is a power surge or outage, since it offers them lots of time to react until the issue is resolved and the main power supply is restored.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Shared Web Hosting
The 99.9% network and server uptime warranty that we provide you with is, somewhat, a result of the electrical power backup setup we have in every of the 3 data centers in which we provide shared web hosting plans - in Chicago (USA), in Coventry (UK), and in Sydney (Australia). If you get a new account to develop or move your Internet sites, it shall be created on an innovative cloud platform which consists of several clusters controlling your content. Every server within the selected cluster features its own highly effective enterprise-class UPS to keep it working no matter what, until several electrical power generators boot up and give the required power for the entire center to be operational for many hours. You won't notice anything even in case there's an interruption, since our backup units could power all of the devices and we will not have to reduce the amount of working servers or the network equipment that addresses the traffic to your Internet sites.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
The semi-dedicated server accounts which we provide you with are created in a state-of-the-art data center in downtown Chicago and its electric power backup system is one of the reasons why we can afford to guarantee a 99.9% uptime for both the hosting servers which are part of our sophisticated hosting platform and the network which handles all the traffic to and from them. An individual UPS system is connected to every machine to keep it online until several generators kick in. The latter are effective enough to provide electric power for the whole facility for many hours without the need to reduce the power consumption or the overall performance of any web server or network device, so even in the event that there is a blackout, all the Internet sites hosted on our platform will still be available without any disturbances and will perform at top speed.