The ideal computer power system for data centers these days places a tall order for electrical designers. Just stop and think about all of the requirements. The system must be available nearly 100% of ...

Uninterrupted service is expected from many of the connected embedded systems that surround us every day: the phone system, automated banking and credit card verification. Designers must implement ...

Today's large data centers represent an evolutionary change from their predecessors. Continuous availability remains the paramount objective, however, contemporary data centers require substantially ...

Part 1 of this article explored several of the design aspects important to improving router availability, or the percentage of time a router is actually processing and forwarding packets. As noted, a ...

Storage expectations in high profile or mission-critical environments command continuous and uncompromised performance with at least 99% uptime (i.e., less than 1% downtime) irrespective of all the ...