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NEWS IN BRIEF
Riello UPS Extends Best-Selling Sentinel Dual Range
Riello UPS expands its popular Sentinel Dual
(SDU) series with a move incorporates three new
models – the SDU 4000, SDU 8000 TM, and SDU
10000 TM – to provide an expanded power range
from 4-10 kVA.
Just like the existing 5, 6, 8, and 10 kVA
versions, these new additions are designed to
handle high-density non-linear loads, making
them the ideal solution for protecting mission-
critical IT networks and sever rooms, along with
sensitive electro-medical devices and industrial
equipment.
The versatile new SDU 8000 TM and SDU
10000 TM uninterruptible power supplies can
also operate with a three-phase or single-phase
input. The expanded Sentinel Dual range offers
users a wide choice of operating modes, such as
ECO Mode – which increases efficiency to 98% –
or Frequency Converter Mode, which enables the
input and output frequency to differ.
Up to three SDUs can be installed in parallel to
provide either increased capacity or redundancy.
The online UPS systems are manufactured with
advanced components designed to perform even
at stress-inducing temperatures of up to 40 o C,
while they also feature fans that are digitally-
controlled depending on the load, which helps to
minimise noise. n
Uptime not a priority
despite suffering data
centre downtime
Secure I.T. Environments delivers
a containerised data centre
for a leading UK retailer
Secure I.T. Environments Ltd has
completed a range of works for
one of the country’s best-known
retailers including the provision of
one of its industry-leading ModCel
Containerised Data Centres as a new
primary data centre.
The project included all related
groundworks, including underground
ducting for services, inspection pits,
and laying diverse cable routes for
power supplies and fibre across more
than 500m of land. Additionally,
Secure I.T. Environments was asked
to conduct a full structural cabling
audit of the existing IT infrastructure,
and upgrade the existing site’s power
supply, UPS, air conditioning, access
control and security systems.
The new data centre will greatly
improve the resilience of the retailer’s
logistics network, which is entirely
dependent on its IT infrastructure to
meet the delivery requirements of its
stores and customers, an area where
failures can have a direct impact
on sales, customer satisfaction. The
highly competitive nature of the
retail sector means retailers must
do all they can to shore up their IT
infrastructure, avoiding bottlenecks
and points of critical failure in their
supply chains.
The ModCel Containerised Data
Centre specification for this project
included Resilient Data Centre energy
efficient air-conditioning in N+1
configuration, Riello MPW UPS, a
built-in 65KVA generator, 252U of
server space, raised access flooring,
environmental monitoring, biometric
access control, CCTV and Novec fire
suppression. n
Guaranteed uptime failed to break into the top
three of CEO and IT professional’s priorities,
despite almost half (46%) of businesses saying
they had suffered data loss in the past 12 months,
according to a new report. On a scale of one to
ten, CEOs and IT managers said securing compa-
ny data (8.34), customer data (8.3) and infrastruc-
ture security (8) were bigger priorities for their
businesses than guaranteed uptime (7.95).
The ‘Data Loss and Downtime are putting
Hybrid and Edge Computing Strategies at Risk’
report, commissioned by Volta Data Centres,
revealed the issue of data loss may stem from IT
compromises.
UK businesses admitted to making cutbacks on
critical IT infrastructure in the past year, in order
to meet budget requirements, with flexibility
(31%) and guaranteed uptime (27%) the top fac-
tors businesses are having to surrender. Only 9%
of businesses said they have had to make compro-
mises over security. Other critical areas businesses
had to compromise in order to stay within budget
included choice of carrier (23%) adequate cooling
systems (22%), cyber security (22%) and power
source reliability (20%).
Speaking on the results, Jon Arnold, Managing
Director at Volta Data Centres said: “Security is
rightly a top concern for businesses, and it’s good
to see that uptime comes a close second. Howev-
er, with the research showing a huge number of
companies experiencing data loss from downtime,
are companies actually following through with
what they consider as high priority?” He added,
“With recent high-profile companies experiencing
issues due to downtime, and the business impact
of this, should there not be an equal priority for
both security and uptime?” n
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