Multiple Rackmount UPS units or one Standalone UPS?
Scenario: You have been using the 3000VA or 5000VA rack mount UPS units. Now, you are expanding. You need to add a few more racks and another couple of the 3000VA units. Also, you need to replace the batteries on the existing UPS units since it has been a couple of years since initial purchase. Should you add additional 3000VA rack mount UPS units or consider a standalone 3 phase UPS units? read more.

Power Distribution Units: Dumb vs. Intelligent Power Strips
Find out some of the reasons why more and more companies are choosing to pay a premium for intelligent power strips. read more.

How in-line meters save our customer from a costly retrofit
A customer has recently built a data center using dumb power strips without any metering capability. But company's upper management issued the mandate for energy conservation and as part of that, the data centers had to report on power consumption at the cabinet level. Customer did not want to retrofit all 350 power strips for metered with Ethernet strips. read more.

You are using 208V 30A power today. Is it worth switching to 208V 3phase power?
When building your datacenter you may want to consider pulling 3 phase power to the rack level. 3 phase power is delivered more efficiently, increases total rack power and could save quite a bit of money in the long run. We have outlined the Pros and Cons of going to 3 phase below, but first, let's briefly talk about how 3 phase power is delivered. read more.

Top 10 Considerations When Selecting Power Strips
Power strips are becoming a strategic asset in the data center. There are a number of considerations that can aid data center managers, facilities managers, IT managers and systems administrators in making better decisions for capacity planning, manageability, automation and security. read more.Top 10 Considerations When Selecting Power Strips Power strips are becoming a strategic asset in the data center. There are a number of considerations that can aid data center managers, facilities managers, IT managers and systems administrators in making better decisions for capacity planning, manageability, automation and security. read more.

The Skinny on Different Jumper Cables
Many of you already know the difference between a C13 and C14 or C19 and C20. But what is a... read more.