Distributed versus centralized power backup strategies:Choosing the right UPS deployment architecture for your

Distributed versus centralized power backup strategies:Choosing the right UPS deployment architecture for your data center

By Ed Spears

Though power protection solutions vary in numerous ways, all but the largest data centers use one of two basic approaches when deploying uninterruptible power systems (UPSs): Either they distribute many smaller UPSs among their server racks or they install one or two large UPSs centrally within or near their server room. ■