Measuring Power Quality: Tiers of Protection

Tier 0: Basic Data Center    Tier 9's of Availability Downtime Customer Value Typical Solution           Tier 0 (3) 8.77 hours Product Hardware investment TVSS   99.9%                 Tier 1: Typical UPS System Basic Data Center Tier 9's of Availability Downtime Customer Value Typical Solution           Tier 1 (4) 53 min. System critical to business Redundant UPS   99.99%    success increase uptime  Single Bus           Tier 2: Redundant Components Data Center  Tier 9's of Availability Downtime Customer Value Typical Solution           Tier 2 (5-6) 53 min. - 31.6 sec System critical to business Redundant UPS   99.999%    success increase uptime  Single Bus           Tier 3: Concurrently Maintainable Data Center  Tier 9's of Availability Downtime Customer Value Typical Solution           Tier 3 (6-7) 31.6 sec - 3 sec System critical to business Redundant UPS   99.9999%    success increase uptime Separate Bypass          Path Dual Bus Tier 4: Fault Tolerant Data Center Tier 9's of Availability Downtime Customer Value Typical Solution           Tier 4 (7-8) 3 sec - .3 sec The system is the business; uptime 2x Redundant UPS   99.99999%   is competitive advantage Dual Bus