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- How much can UPS efficiency save you? Eaton has some answers.
- I am growing increasingly fascinated by power distribution and regulating equipment. I know, sick admission. Eaton, one of the big uninterruptible power supply UPS and power distribution equipment vendors, is starting to talk up its new Energy Saver System as a tool that data center operators can...
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: Lead-Acid Battery Options
- The lead-acid battery is the predominant choice for Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS energy storage. Over 10 million UPSs are presently installed utilizing Flooded, Valve Regulated Lead Acid VRLA, and High Density Modular Battery Cartridges HDBCMBC systems. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these three battery technologies.
- White papers 2009-07-02
- PowerSaveUPS 1.535 (Mac)
- PowerSaveUPS is Macintosh only scriptable software for controlling UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply systems with USB such as APC Two shutdown thresholds are specified - Soft Graceful shutdown, and Hard Ungraceful shutdown which is instigated as a last resort. At Soft shutdown time, any scripts in the 'PowerSaveUPS Scripts' folder are...
- Software downloads 2009-04-27
- We interrupt this blog for a rant about UPS technology
- One of the most disrespected, or maybe just misunderstood, pieces of technologies in many data centers or under your desk for the matter is the uninterruptible power supply UPS, that lovely piece of equipment that provides a battery boost if you have a surge or an outage. Certainly, UPSes have...
- Blog posts 2009-04-12
- Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: VRLA Reliability and Safety
- The Valve Regulated lead-Acid VRLA battery is the predominant choice for small and medium-sized Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS energy storage. This white paper explores how the technology affects overall battery life and system reliability. It will examine the expected performance, life cycle factors, and failure mechanisms of VRLA batteries.
- White papers 2009-04-08
- Google reveals secret server hardware
- Google for the first time on Wednesday revealed the hardware at the core of its Internet operations at a conference about the increasingly prominent issue of data center efficiency, reports CNET's Stephen Shankland. Instead of buying hardware from companies such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, or...
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- Data Centre Assessments: The First Step to Optimisation
- Data centres are large, important investments that, when properly designed, built and operated, are an integral part of the business strategy driving the success of any organisation. Yet the central focus of organisations is often the acquisition and deployment of the IT architecture equipment and systems with little thought given...
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: Battery Options
- The lead-acid battery is the predominant choice for Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS energy storage. Over 10 million UPSs are presently installed utilizing Flooded, Valve Regulated Lead Acid VRLA, and High Density Modular Battery Cartridges HDBCMBC systems. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these three battery technologies. ...
- White papers 2008-10-21
- IT Dojo video: Five practical tips for choosing the right UPS
- On the surface, choosing a UPS for your organization's server room may seem like a simple task, but like many IT tasks, the devil is in the details. In this IT Dojo video, Bill gives you five tips to help you choose the right uninterruptible power supply for your environment....
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- I/O - UPS - Weather Event Monitoring 1.0 (Windows)
- This software allows to monitor locally or remotely one I/O card, one Trust Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS, one Oregon Weather Device and other devices as a webcam. This product permits configurable responses to status changes. Users can connect one or several of the described devices, allowing to make a full...
- Software downloads 2008-02-28
- Keep your MagSafe power plug clean
- Apple's novel magnetic power adapter found on its Intel-based notebooks can keep a mobile Mac from spilling on the floor, but sometimes it needs some attention from users. Apple on Tuesday updated its technical documents on the care and cleaning of MacSafe connector. It's easy to forget...
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- This UPS doesn't just save your work when the power goes out, it cuts tech power use
- Underneath my desk, there is a ball of wires and cords that some days resembles sticky pasta in the colander, plus my wireless router, which I kick over at least one time a day. I am embarrassed to admit publicly that while I have a surge protector I have no...
- Blog posts 2008-01-19
- Preventing Data Corruption in the Event of an Extended Power Outage
- Despite advances in computer technology, power outages continue to be a major cause of PC and server downtime. Protecting computer systems with Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS hardware is part of a total solution, but power management software is also necessary to prevent data corruption after extended power outages. This white...
- White papers 2007-12-21
- The Hardware 2.0 survey
- The Hardware 2.0 surveyThe question doesn't specify add-on or integratedThe question doesn't specify whether the GPU is an add-on card or integrated.ATI and nVidia both offer integrated GPUs, so the question is valid as worded, but Intel would be a good choice as an option rather than just Other.Intel GPUis...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- More images and products from supercomputing 2007
- The SC07 supercomputing conference was a very interesting show for me this year and it was my first time attending this conference. Here are some more interesting products that I haven't covered yet all the way from the very high-end to entry-level HPC computers. Sun's 3456-node "petascale" constellation cluster...
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- UPS Support 1.01 for Server Appliance Kit 2.01 1.01 (Windows)
- The uninterruptible power supply UPS support for server appliances provides access to the Microsoft Windows 2000 UPS service using the Server Appliance Kit Web user interface UI. Through this support, server appliance administrators can access UPS status information, UPS configuration parameters, and UPS alerts. These features are located on the...
- Software downloads 2007-09-14
- Vista Media Center takes over the living room
- [Update 24-August, 2:00PM: By popular request, I've assembled a list of the parts that went into this system, including specs and prices.]  In June, I recounted my out-of-the-box experience with a new Dell PC running Windows Vista, starting with a failed BIOS upgrade, undergoing a successful repair, and establishing that the basic hardware and software...
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
- LinuxWorld 2007 goes green with Green Grid consortium
- Fred Stack - Emerson Network Power, David Douglas - Sun Microsystems, Rich Lechner - IBM, Colette LaForce - Rackable, Andrew Kutz - Burton GroupNext generation data center and green computing were common themes at LinuxWorld 2007 and the Green Grid panel brought many of these issues to light. Pictured above...
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- MGE Office Protection: Get yer' 5 kVA UPSes a la carte, or as a 20 kVA entrée
- As I continued my hunt for new and interesting technologies on the Interop 2007 show floor here in Las Vegas, I encountered MGE Office Protection Systems. The company claims to have a new uninterruptible power supply solution that offers a degree of investment protection given the way it's low-of-the-hi-end 5...
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- Controlling an uninterruptible power source (UPS) 1.4.14.43 (Windows)
- The program for controlling a UPS allows you to considerably extend and supplement capabilities of your uninterruptible power source, to control and adjust an electric power supply in the office and at home. The program is simple in installation and in use.
- Software downloads 2007-03-05
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