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Protecting Data Centers G09 00 011 PDF
Protecting Data Centers G09 00 011 PDF
Ensure unparalleled
reliability and
availability of your
mission-critical
infrastructure
with Strikesorb®
Surge Protective
Devices, a protection
technology proven
in data centers
of major IT,
telecommunication
and banking
companies
worldwide for more
than 10 years.
In today’s world, data centers brief by the Aberdeen Group The Challenge
are the critical information reports that surveyed companies One of the key failure sources
processing nodes that keep experience significant financial at data centers is voltage
our highly connected business losses due to downtime – transients. The critical functions
and personal lives moving. more than $180,000 per of data centers must be safe
Preventing downtime periods hour – representing hundreds guarded from power surges
is crucial to IT infrastructure of millions of dollars in lost caused by unreliable “dirty”
operators. However, a research revenues in total each year.1 power off the grid or by direct
and indirect lightning strikes.
Transient power surges
generated within data centers
SECONDARY
ELECTRICAL CRITICAL by motors, generators and other
Strikesorb 80
DISTRIBUTION
PANEL
UPS LOADS electrical equipment are also
a major concern and source of
equipment damage and revenue
SECONDARY
TRANSFER MAIN ELECTRICAL
DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICAL
HVAC
loss.
UTILITY SWITCH DISTRIBUTION
PANEL
PANEL Data center operators
understand that very frequent
SECONDARY OTHER
LOADS
overvoltage events and
ELECTRICAL
DISTRIBUTION (LIGHTING,
SAFETY
inadequate protection of
GENERATOR PANEL
CHANGEOVER
SYSTEMS) mission-critical equipment such
PANEL as control electronics, HVAC
systems, power generation
and distribution, lead to major
system failures and downtime.
Strikesorb 40 Strikesorb
30 DRM
GENERATOR
1. Aberdeen Group Research Brief; “Datacenter Downtime: How Much Does It Really Cost?”; March 2012.
I N N O V A T I N G P O W E R P R O T E C T I O N W O R L D W I D E
Solution the SPD will not catch fire or enclosures featuring Strikesorb
The significant financial losses explode. With their unique are easily installed close to the
caused by overvoltage events patented design, maintenance- electrical distribution panels to
can be minimized by using free Strikesorb modules have upgrade equipment protection
appropriate industrial surge the capability to withstand levels as shown in Figure 3.
protection solutions featuring multiple high-energy transients
Strikesorb Surge Protective – including direct lightning Conclusion
Devices (SPDs). Strikesorb is surges – and continue to keep Raycap solutions, featuring
designed using high-grade protected equipment safe. Strikesorb SPDs, are the
metal oxide varistor (MOV) At new data centers Strikesorb ideal way to protect critical
technology sealed inside a SPD modules conveniently equipment from catastrophic
strong aluminum casing. The integrate directly onto busbars failure and ensure the reliability
aluminum housing acts as a in electrical distribution panels and availability of data center
heat sink, dissipating the heat as shown in Figure 2. For functions.
and energy, and ensuring existing infrastructure, Rayvoss
“
Figure 2: Strikesorb 40 modules
integrated on a busbar inside a
When Strikesorb technology power distribution panel
was first introduced in Ireland,
data center operators frequently
experienced issues with
conventional SPD technologies.
They quickly recognized the
benefits of Strikesorb modules:
First they are extremely robust
Figure 3:
and reliable because they suffer A Rayvoss
system installed
no performance degradation
outside a power
over time. Second, they are distribution
panel
fully safe which is crucial
because catastrophic failure is
Strikesorb Benefits
not tolerable. Now Strikesorb
Maintenance-free operation
modules protect most data Safe operation: No smoke, fire or explosion
farms in Ireland. I can say Unique capability to withstand multiple high-energy transients
Raycap’s product excellence Low let-through voltage, therefore providing excellent
protection compared with competitive SPD products
was critical in our company
Class I/Class II compliant SPD per IEC 61643-11
gaining and retaining business
Global standards compliance: UL 1449 4th Edition, IEC,
with the largest IT firms in the IEEE, NEMA
”
world operating data centers in 10 year global product warranty
Ireland.
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