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APC battery backup systems offer many essential features to protect computers and associated peripherals. Many people believe that surge protectors will protect their system if a power event occurs. This, unfortunately, is not always the case. A battery backup system is the only way to ensure full protection of all system components, including data, from unpredictable power events.

APC Battery backup systems serve four essential purposes. First, they protect hardware from failure due to power events. Second, they protect data from destruction by power events. Third, the uninterruptible power supply protects any transactions that may be in progress at the time of a power event. Finally, they let users keep operating through a power event.

Many people believe their hardware is protected by surge protectors. This is only partially true. Surge protectors provide protection against sudden power spikes. However, they do not provide protection against other power events, such as over-voltages, brownouts or blackouts. All of these can impair or destroy hardware. Although CPUs are not major expenses today, full systems can be costly, particularly when they have high-end monitors. A small investment in a batter backup can protect thousands of dollars of gear.

While most people hope to protect their system, they recognize that the real value is in the data. Often, the data simply are not replaceable with any amount of money. It’s hard to imagine because it happens so rarely, but it’s also possible for hard drive data to be destroyed by a power event if a system isn’t protected properly. To leave data unprotected is to risk all the time, potentially thousands of hours, invested in the data. That’s probably not a good risk, when the price of protection is less than a day’s wages.

While protecting the system, its components and data is important, it’s also important to protect transactions that are in progress at the instant of a power outage. Uninterruptable power supplies make this possible. Even web transactions can be protected by plugging modems and Ethernet hubs into battery backups. Such protection is important for consumers, but it is critical for businesses, especially those making numerous financial transactions over the internet.

Last but not least, if it’s critical that work continue under all conditions, a battery backup is an absolute necessity. Battery backups can keep your system, from modem to CPU to monitor, running for hours through a power outage.

In the long run, regardless of the value of your system, an APC battery back-up may just be the most important part of it.