Power Protection Strategy: Choose between centralized, zone, or distributed power availability architecture

Centralized power availability architecture The "Centralized" power availability solution is the traditional approach to selecting power availability for a large project. Estimate the total load expected over the life of the project. Select a UPS with enough headroom to accomodate the estimate. Select one which offers a power factor corrected design with the ability to build in N+1 redundancy to your network power infrastructure. One that with a small footprint makes an excellent choice for large centralized power requirements.

Zone power availability architecture The "Zone-based" power availability solution for a fast growing business breaks down the total load into more manageable segments. Able to power multiple racks of network equipment, a modular or scalable unit can protect a "zone." The modular design of a UPS allows the user to configure a single chassis. The system power grows with the business. As the "zone" of equipment taps the capacity of the UPS another zone may be started on another chassis. This "zone-based" architecture uses precious corporate capital more efficiently and raises the ROI of the investment in power availability.

Distributed power availability architecture The "Distributed" power availability solution uses smaller individual UPS to protect a single rack of equipment. As the number of racks grows within the business, the number of UPSs grows in direct proportion. This power architecture solution could be used where there are tight capital constraints on a business which prohibit a large outlay of funding for unused power infrastructure.