Philips 279C9 User Manual

Albér™ BDSUi and

Albér™ BDSU-50

Battery Monitoring Systems

For UPS Battery Cabinets

Albér™ BDSUi and Albér™ BDSU-50

Maximize Your Uptime with an Albér Battery Monitoring System

How Confident Are You That Your Batteries Will Be Available When You Need Them?

Unplanned data center outages present a difficult and costly challenge for organizations. While eliminating downtime altogether is a challenging undertaking, organizations can start with the most frequent cause of unplanned outages – uninterruptible power supply (UPS) battery failure.

In most cases, the ability to keep critical systems running through power outages is dependent on the UPS. However, a UPS is only as reliable as the batteries that support it. Batteries are one of the most “low-tech” components supporting today’s missioncritical data centers but they are the most vulnerable part of an UPS system.

While the vast majority of unplanned outages last less than ten seconds, a single bad battery cell can cripple a data center’s entire backup system, particularly if adequate UPS redundancy has not been implemented.

Ponemon Institute Study on Data Center Outages. Top root cause of unplanned outages experienced during the last 2 years

Root causes of unplanned outages

Comparison of 2010, 2013 and 2016 results

UPS/Battery failure																																25%
																														24%					29%
Cyber crime (DDoS)																												22%
																								18%
						2%
Accidential/human error																											22%
																													22%		24%
Water, heat or CRAC failure																		11%
																				12%		15%
Weather related															10%					12%
																				12%
Generator failure											6%
														7%		10%
							4%
IT equipment failure								4%
									5%
Other			0%
			0%
					2%
	0%						5%				10%									15%				20%			25%							30%				35%
				2016									2013								2010

While batteries are one of the most “low-tech” components supporting today’s mission-critical data centers, they are the most vulnerable part of an UPS system.

Albér™ Battery Monitoring Systems

Have Been Proven To Increase

Critical Power Reliability

According to a recent analysis of actual field results of batteries in real-world UPS environments by Vertiv’s service organization, data centers with Albér battery monitoring systems installed on-site had a reduced rate of outages due to bad batteries.

The use of Albér battery monitoring systems by customers increased the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) by more than double when compared to preventive maintenance alone. While outages still occurred at some of these sites, most of these incidents were isolated to human error where customers were not watching the alarm data provided by the battery monitoring system.

The remote use of Albér battery monitoring systems by Vertiv technical experts resulted in no outages due to bad batteries. Not only does remote monitoring lift the burden of monitoring from internal personnel, but in many cases, it also integrates onsite and remote preventative maintenance activities in order to maximize battery availability.

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The Effect of Battery Monitoring Systems on Critical Power System Reliability*

The use of Alber™ battery

monitoring by customers

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Albér Monitoring Systems Substantially Increase Battery Availability

*Analysis based on more than 450 million operating hours over a 3.5 year period for more than 24,000 strings of batteries under Vertiv contract prior to the end of their expected service life.

Decide

Helps you make more informed decisions, faster by analyzing data and utilizing built-in decision support functions that determine what matters and what doesn’t

Features and Benefits

See

Helps you proactively address battery related issues that you could never see before by allowing you to visualize all critical information and know the real state of health of your batteries at all times (in real-time or historical trending)

User Benefits	Albér™ Battery Monitoring System Features

Increased Availability

Reduced Maintenance

Costs

Reduced Replacement

Costs

Increased Safety

Improved Compliance

•Detects open and shorted batteries

•Provides advance warning of an impending battery failure

•Eliminate the risk of human error

•Enables extended maintenance intervals by basing maintenance on the condition of the batteries rather than arbitrarily timed schedules

•Automates all of the IEEE recommended practices for battery maintenance and testing except visual inspections

•Enables extended replacement intervals by basing replacement on the condition of the batteries rather than arbitrarily timed schedules

•Provides documentation to support warranty claims

•Detects and mitigates catastrophic conditions including thermal runaway

•Minimizes shock, arch-flash, burn and chemical risks by reducing personnel exposure to batteries

•Meets the rigorous safety requirements for test and measurement equipment under UL 61010-1

•Allows users to comply with International Fire Code (IFC) 608.3 by providing the ability to detect and control thermal runaway

•Provides documentation to demonstrate compliance with regulatory standards

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Helps you take the right action with confidence at the right time by recommending the best corrective action

Albér™ Battery Monitoring Systems provide the ability to make smarter and faster decisions resulting in higher availability, reduced costs, and ultimate confidence in your batteries.

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