04 Nov Storm Season – Blackouts, surges, spikes, brownouts. How much is your PC worth?
The stormy season has begun. Expect blackouts, surges, spikes, brownouts. How much is your PC (and that includes your home PC) worth? How much do you value your data? What about your sanity?
Lightning Strikes Surfers Paradise – Marriott – Gold Coast Australia
Blackouts and brownouts (brownouts are momentary dips in the voltage supply) can cause even worse problems than surges and spikes, particularly:
• Data corruption and data loss
• Hard drive crashes and permanent damage to electronics which then causes ongoing intermittent errors. Ultimately, your computer, like a boxer, will get “punch drunk”.
My Server is protected, but are my PC’s
Now, I would fully expect your servers to be protected by a high quality Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). But what about your PCs or Thin Clients? These days our businesses rely on power and internet to perform so many tasks.
When the power goes out, without a UPS your office grinds to a halt, your staff can’t Invoice, or Email, your calls are cut off mid sentence due to your PABX system cutting out..… The effect of even one PC not running, not to mention a network, can cause massive disruption and expense.
Hard Drive Damaged by Power Surge/Lightning Damage
Data Recovery after a Power Surge/Lightning Damage
Every year we’re contacted by clients for Data Recovery after a Power Surge or Lightning Damage, as shown in the picture above components are seriously damaged by excessive voltage resulting in immediate failure or delayed failure over time due to the component breaking down due to it’s limits being exceeded.
Data recovery becomes more complex with drives that have suffered from excessive voltage as it makes their components unstable or they completely fail resulting in the chipset/component being burnt. Hard Drives you might think are the same “Oh it’s the same model you can use it as parts” but unfortunately it’s not the case. During production runs manufacturers make design and supply changes to the internal components of the drive resulting in many different revisions of the drive.
Failed Hard Drive – Head Crash
Prevention is better than cure.
What cost can you put on losing a couple of hours with staff being unproductive? Or your I.T infrastructure being damaged and having to be replaced or have data recovered… ( I bet the thought of it scares you )
An investment in an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). It will support your Personal Computer(s) and peripherals such as your modem, router etc, even an Inkjet Printer.
What about protecting your Camera Systems and PABX Phone System? So Often we find that many businesses don’t realise that Cameras stop recording when the power is off… Or even worse when their PABX system is not protected with a UPS, most businesses can’t run without their phone system operating correctly.
PCFIXIT offers an extensive range of UPS systems. From small compact units which support personal computers, Phone Systems (yes, no power, no PABX!), modems and switches, to large systems that protect entire data centres.
Which model UPS should I choose?
There are hundreds of models. Your UPS should match the equipment and its purpose and location. Please allow us to help you to select the correct unit.
PCFIXIT can supply you a tailored solution for your UPS needs, as we are a dealer for Eaton & Cyberpower UPS, Give our Team a call on 07 5522 1120
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