Hello. I am planning out a home server room build. As I try to figure out the physical wiring set up that people normally use, I am hoping some of you are able to assist.
So there are going to be 1-2 racks in the room. The servers have dual power supplies, and the room will be wired with at least 2 electrical circuits. There will also be AV equipment but I don't think they come with redundant PSUs.
For UPS setup, I plan to have a UPS for each circuit and every server would have its PSUs plugged into a different UPS. This would mean that the two PSUs in every server would be supplied by different circuits. Is that considered to be best practice?
In regards to battery replacement in the UPS, is it possible to swap the batteries without having to power down any equipment? I'm guessing the servers with redundant PSU would not have any issues, but what about those with only 1 power input? This may be dependent on the type and model of UPS, or maybe its ok as long as there is no power outage during the replacement process. I plan on getting online UPS's if that makes a difference.
Another thing I am looking into is whole-house surge protection. Would something like this have an impact on the equipment? I know we're not supposed to daisy chain surge protectors. Not sure if adding whole-house surge protection is an equivalent scenario.
So there are going to be 1-2 racks in the room. The servers have dual power supplies, and the room will be wired with at least 2 electrical circuits. There will also be AV equipment but I don't think they come with redundant PSUs.
For UPS setup, I plan to have a UPS for each circuit and every server would have its PSUs plugged into a different UPS. This would mean that the two PSUs in every server would be supplied by different circuits. Is that considered to be best practice?
In regards to battery replacement in the UPS, is it possible to swap the batteries without having to power down any equipment? I'm guessing the servers with redundant PSU would not have any issues, but what about those with only 1 power input? This may be dependent on the type and model of UPS, or maybe its ok as long as there is no power outage during the replacement process. I plan on getting online UPS's if that makes a difference.
Another thing I am looking into is whole-house surge protection. Would something like this have an impact on the equipment? I know we're not supposed to daisy chain surge protectors. Not sure if adding whole-house surge protection is an equivalent scenario.