The impact of a power surge or outage can have a shattering impact on your business - damaging hardware, data loss and downtime are often the result. Power surges and outages occur more frequently than we would like - research by IBM shows that your PC is subject to 128 power problems per month. Power disturbances cannot be eliminated, but the damage they cause can be prevented by using an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).
Blackouts
A blackout is a condition where you have NO mains power at all. Without a UPS, your server will switch off immediately, resulting in downtime and possibly lost data.
Brownouts
Brownouts occur when the power voltage drops significantly due to the electrical infrastructure becoming overloaded.
Power Surges
Potentially the most damaging of all, power surges or spikes occur when dangerously high levels of voltage enter your system. These devices are not designed for such high voltage levels and a power surge will damage technology hardware.