UPS Buyers Guide
An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) is a device that sits between the mains socket and a computer, or a number of computers. Its job is to ensure the computers receive a consistent and clean power supply, whilst also protecting them from power surges and power failures. A surge could damage components within the computer and a failure could interrupt data being saved on the device, resulting in errors. The more mission-critical a computer is, the more it should be power protected by a UPS. These guides take you through how a UPS works, common features and the factors you should consider when looking to purchase.
Home Office
A UPS designed for a home office environment is typically only going to protect a handful of devices - a computer (desktop, laptop or workstation), single or dual monitors and potentially an external storage device such as a NAS.
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Business
A UPS intended for use in a business environment will usually need to protect many different devices. This could be PCs, phones and printers on a small office floor and / or for servers and networking equipment contained within rack cabinets.
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