UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator
What's a UPS unit? What precisely a diesel backup generator? Why exactly are they found in each and every data center?
UPSs and diesel generators are 2 backup systems which are kept by website hosting service providers within their data centers in the event that there are interruptions in the primary power supply or the current is unstable and unable to maintain the appropriate functioning of the machines situated within the facility. UPS is short for Uninterruptible Power Supply or Uninterruptible Power Source and it is an effective battery that works non-stop. It's connected to both the electric power network and the web servers at all times, so in case the power stops, the UPS is already functioning, which helps prevent the servers from going down even for a second. The diesel generator is definitely an engine which can deliver the needed power to keep the servers operational for a longer period of time. In the event of an outage, the UPS provides the needed time for the diesel generator to start and then to take over until the primary power supply is restored.
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UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Shared Hosting
If you host your sites in a
shared hosting account with us, you will be able to forget about problems caused by electric power blackouts, simply because, different from many other providers, we don't keep many web servers attached to just one UPS. Instead, every single hosting server which is part of our avant-garde cloud platform has its own UPS device which shall be able to keep it functioning for hours on end. Additionally, our data centers in the USA, in the United Kingdom and in Australia have many different generators that boot up for minutes and which will be able to power all of the web servers for an extensive stretch of time. This way, the performance of your Internet sites or their loading speed will not be affected, so you are able to enjoy an uninterrupted high-quality service all the time.
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UPS & Diesel Back-up Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The
semi-dedicated server accounts we provide 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 web servers that are part of our advanced hosting platform and the network that manages all of the traffic to and from them. An individual UPS system is connected to each web server to keep it online until a number of generators kick in. The latter are potent enough to deliver electricity for the whole facility for many hours without having to limit the power consumption or the functionality of any server or network device, so even when there is a disruption, all of the Internet sites hosted on our platform will still be available without interruptions and will perform at top speed.
