Powerware® BladeUPS
Uninterruptible Power System

Power protection for
• Blade servers
• Small, medium, and large data centers
• Network closets
• PBX and VoIP equipment
• Networking applications: IPTV, security
• Storage devices: RAID, SAN
• Database clusters

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Features:

• Protects mission-critical applications with innovative backup power technology designed specifically for high-density computing environments

• Supports the constant moves, adds, and changes (MAC) of today’s dynamic data center with a modular, scalable, and flexible backup power architecture

• Conserves valuable rack space with 12 kW of power in only 6U of rack height, including batteries

• Accommodates growth by enabling building-block upgrades from 12 kW to 60 kW in a single rack enclosure

• Reduces energy costs and cooling needs through best-in-class efficiency performance

• Delivers highest levels of reliability at the rack with patented Powerware Hot Sync® paralleling technology and intelligent bypass design, field proven in thousands of large data centers globally

• Simplifies installation and service with true plug-and-power connections and hot-swappable batteries and electronics modules

• Increases battery life through ABM® technology, resulting in more uptime and fewer battery replacements

Benefits:

High-density computing environments
demand more power

Today, the management of a data center or network operations center places you under the intense pressure to reduce costs while dealing with inescapable operational realities:

Expanding power demands. The blade servers that are satisfying business demands can also raise the demands for power consumption in the same footprint. Rack power requirements that were once at 60 watts per U may now have to be delivered at levels up to 600 watts per U with redundant power supplies.

Increasing power costs. Utility rates have a common recurrence. They always go up. IDC research reports that energy costs represent a dominant influence on IT spending (IDC U.S. Market Watch Survey, Q2 2006, September 7, 2006). Most organizations are researching and developing plans for the selection of new data center sites based on the proximity of affordable power facilities. The need for more cost-effective power solutions is confirmed in a recent Gartner research report. Power will be 50% of data center operational costs (Gartner RAS Core Research, August 18, 2006).

Excessive heat. Blade servers generate a lot of heat–translating into a high demand for additional energy. A fully loaded rack of blade servers can use close to 30kW of power. This equals over 100,000 BTU/hr in heat generation that requires cooling–wasted heat that is not utilized in any way. Since cooling adds huge costs to data center operations, IT organizations are forced to increase their power efficiency to counteract the inefficient heat and cooling problems.

If you manage, engineer, or plan the present and future of a data center or network operations center, you are already aware of these critical issues and their impact on operations. Your challenge is to make decisions that provide efficient power protection and distribution for growing loads, while managing the heat. Eaton is ready to
help you with these challenges.

Introducing the Powerware BladeUPS
uninterruptible power system

Designed specifically for high-density computing environments, the Powerware BladeUPS delivers 12 kW of efficient, reliable power in only 6U of standard rack space, including batteries. Expand capacity by combining 12 kW modules in a building block fashion to deliver 60 kW of redundant backup power from a single rack enclosure.

This powerful configuration delivers higher power density than competitive, modular solutions, while dissipating one-third of the
heat.

The standard internal batteries provide needed ride-through power until an auxiliary power source takes over or systems are gracefully shut down. Extend runtime up to 34 minutes at full load (or 76 minutes at half load) with Extended Battery Modules (EBMs).