Data centers became part of our lives as the interconnected world flexed its muscles. Because data must flow without interruption, regardless of what happens to grid electricity supply. They have grown from space in computer rooms to separate structures, even complexes of buildings. Today we turn our attention to lead-acid batteries’ role in data centers.
Remind Me What Are Data Centers Please
Data centers enable total redundancy of client systems. Let’s say for example the server room at our factory tripped in a major storm. Our equipment would seamlessly switch over to our backup data center, so our processes continued uninterrupted.
But what would happen if the same storm tripped the power supply to the data center? Our computers would go down too, unless our data center had an uninterruptible power supply. And there’s a good chance these would be lead acid batteries.
Lead-Acid Batteries’ Role in Data Centers
Uptime Institute is an American service organization managing back-up standards for data centers worldwide. Participation is voluntary although most customers expect this. However, lead-acid batteries’ role in data centers depends on the service level required. Uptime Institute therefore recommends the following hierarchy:
1… First, backup power to the computer installation.
2… Then the above plus building services and cooling.
3… Plus any component can fail without interruption.
4… No known fault can interrupt data center functioning.
Lead-acid batteries can make a core contribution by supplying uninterruptible power when the mains power supply fails. One could almost say they are at the heart of our vast digital society.
How Large Is Vast, How Could We Imagine It?
Essential Energy Everyday estimates users create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. And send 2.5 million emails every second. However, a data center could lose grid electricity in a storm or other technical failure.
When that happens, safe, sustainable lead-acid batteries can come to the rescue in nano-seconds. We proud to be a small cog in the system keeping North American data flowing. Here’s a link to lead-acid batteries we supply for home and business battery backup systems.
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