Power failures can occur at night, on weekends, or while the system administrator is out of the building, making automatic, safe shutdown critical. Real-Storage Network Attached Storage solutions have built in support for power management systems and power management functions. In the event of an extended power outage, an APC Smart-UPS will interface with Real-Storage Network Attached Storage solutions via a serial port to perform automatic safe shutdown of the attached system. Our network attached storage solutions support the following power management features: UPS controlled shutdown - In the event of a power event the UPS will automatically shut down the NAS device to prevent potential data loss. Safe shutdown - In the event of a power event the UPS will power down the NAS device according to a predefined schedule. Scheduled shutdown - The NAS solution can shut down at a prescheduled time. Schedule power on - The NAS solution can power on at a prescheduled time. In addition, notification alerts cans be sent when there are power related events. American Power Conversion provides protection against many of the primary causes of data loss, hardware damage, and downtime. Founded in 1981, APC is a leading provider of global, end-to-end AC and DC-based back-up power products and services. APC isknown for Legendary Reliability and sets the standard for quality, innovation and support for power protection solutions from desktop systems to data center operations to entire facilities. Its comprehensive solutions, which are designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the manageability, availability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes.
APC Smart-UPS and Smart-UPS XL series products protect your data by supplying reliable network-grade power with scalable run-time in tower and rack mount form factors. With optional, matching battery packs, run-time can be easily extended and optimized for the application. APC understands long run-time requirements so; Smart-UPS® XL's can be configured with up to 10 additional battery packs - for run-times exceeding 24 hours, if necessary. | 
