UPS Battery Failure and the Impact of Downtime

Gregory Ratcliff, Director of Life Cycle Management Services
Emerson Network Power, Liebert Services

Batteries may be the most “low-tech” components supporting today’s mission critical data centers, but battery-related failures account for more than one-third of all UPS system failures over the life of the equipment. Since the continuity of critical systems during a power outage typically is dependent on a data center’s power equipment, comprised of UPS and their respective battery backups, it could be argued that batteries are one of the most important components of the data center. Read more about UPS Battery Failure and the Impact of Downtime