One of our customers has over 250 UPSs spread throughout their campus and they weren’t sure how to monitor them from home. Without proper monitoring, users can’t tell exactly how much battery each UPS has left. If the battery dies, the office will experience downtime and lose critical data. They want to be able to monitor [...]
Some people say things like “cabling is cabling” or “rack and stack is rack and stack” or “PDU configuration, shmeeDU configuration”, but the expert services team here at Mirapath knows that this is not the case. Delivering consistent quality to our customers no matter the location is of the utmost importance to our team. [...]
Ever since the pandemic hit, the shortage of labor forces has affected many operational functions in the supply chain. We don’t have the same amount of workers delivering shipments, working in factories, or clearing customs on the shipping dock that we used to have. What does this mean for your critical infrastructure moving forward? [...]
Our team jumped in ready to identify the best possible solution for them. They wanted a quick way to start monitoring their UPSs and an alert system to proactively replace the equipment before it becomes a bigger issue. Mirapath’s services team went onsite to check their UPSs and found that they weren’t networked. Our [...]
What if someone provided everything on move-in day? You wouldn’t need to worry about a thing and could just focus on this new chapter of your life. How does this relate to your data center? Opening up a new data center can be a daunting task, just like moving into a new home. After [...]
Unscheduled network downtime is every data center manager’s nightmare and this is why we help customers take preventative measures to avoid unnecessary stress. One of our major customers recently experienced downtime in their server room. Their power went down and down went their whole server room network. In panic mode, the customer realized that [...]
Okay, okay - no candlesticks were involved, but we were very nimble and very quick because meeting the needs of our customers is our number one priority. Here’s the story... The Mirapath team was winding down and preparing for a relaxing three-day weekend. It was 4:50 pm on the Friday before Labor Day. That’s [...]
Do you have people that you always go to for specific things? Like, “Oh, that’s my car guy” or “This is my nail lady”. Well, for one particular customer, we’re the “cabling guy” and have been for the past two and a half years. We’ve had a solid relationship with this customer, so much [...]
An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) device provides battery backup when electrical power fails or drops to an unacceptable voltage level. In data centers, it should have enough battery run time for the generator to kick in. And in IDFs/MDFs, UPS systems should have enough power to reboot the network. On average, the UPS battery life is [...]
So you need a new UPS system and you've already identified the Voltage and kW load requirements for your environment. How do you then decide which UPS to purchase and from which manufacturer? Regardless of the size of UPS you are looking for, there are several factors below that can help you differentiate one UPS [...]