The UPS and the diesel generator are 2 devices for keeping a server operational if there are difficulties with the primary power source - an outage or unstable current that cannot keep the hosting server functional, for example. UPS is an abbreviation for Uninterruptible Power Supply, though it can often be referred to as Uninterruptible Power Source too. The UPS is, basically, a highly effective battery that is connected to the hosting server and to the power network at all times, so in case of any blackout, it's already operating, that permits the web server to carry on doing the job without losing any information. The diesel generator is an engine that will power up the entire data center. It does take some time to start working and it's the UPS which gives it that time. Those two power solutions are a necessity for any facility or provider that wants to prevent data loss and hardware damage resulting from an unexpected electrical power issue.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Hosting
If you host your Internet sites in a hosting account with our company, you will be able to forget about troubles caused by electrical power blackouts, simply because, different from various other providers, we do not keep many different servers attached to one UPS. Rather, every single server which is part of our avant-garde cloud platform features its own UPS unit which will be able to keep it working for hours on end. Additionally, our data centers in the U.S., in the UK and in Australia have numerous generators that boot up for minutes and which will power all the hosting servers for an extensive amount of time. In this way, the overall performance of your Internet sites or their loading speed will not be affected, so you'll be able to enjoy an uninterrupted high-quality service all the time.
UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
The semi-dedicated server accounts that we offer you are created inside a state-of-the-art data center in the town center of Chicago and its electrical power backup system is one of the reasons why we can afford to guarantee a 99.9% uptime for both the servers that are part of our sophisticated web hosting platform and the network which handles all of the traffic to and from them. An individual UPS unit is attached to each hosting server to keep it online until a variety of generators kick in. The latter are powerful enough to supply electricity for the entire center for many hours without having to limit the power consumption or the functionality of any web server or network device, so even if there is an interruption, all of the sites hosted on our platform will still be accessible with no disruptions and will operate at top speed.