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 to prevent the loss of information when the main power supply fails for whatever 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 the machines located there. Due to the fact that the UPS works all the time, it offers the required power for the web servers to remain up and running 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 info intact in case there is a power surge or outage, because it offers them ample time to react until the issue is resolved and the primary power supply is restored.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Shared Hosting
We offer Linux shared hosting in three of the largest sized data centers globally. They are situated in the United States, in the UK and in Australia. Since data safety and hosting server uptime are our priorities, all three facilities have numerous backup systems against electrical power outages. A number of diesel generators can keep the web servers operational for hours or even for several days and each and every machine that is part of our cutting-edge cloud platform features its own enterprise-class UPS to keep it operational until the generators begin working. This setup is amongst the reasons why we can promise a 99.9% server and network uptime, so if you host your websites inside a shared account with our company, you shall benefit from a fast and remarkable service and never having to worry about any interruptions due to electric power outages.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
The semi-dedicated server accounts that we provide are created in a state-of-the-art data center in downtown Chicago and its power backup system is amongst the reasons why we are able to afford to guarantee a 99.9% uptime for both the hosting servers that are part of our highly developed website hosting platform and the network that manages all of the traffic to and from them. An individual UPS system is connected to each server to keep it online until numerous generators kick in. The latter are powerful enough to supply electrical power for the whole center for a long time with no need to reduce the power consumption or the functionality of any server or network device, so even when there is an interruption, all the Internet sites hosted on our platform shall still be accessible without any interruptions and will perform at top speed.