A system for performing computing operations in a data center includes one or more sets of computer systems, one or more primary power systems, and a reserve power system. The primary power systems include at least one power distribution unit that supplies power to at least one of the sets of comput
A system for performing computing operations in a data center includes one or more sets of computer systems, one or more primary power systems, and a reserve power system. The primary power systems include at least one power distribution unit that supplies power to at least one of the sets of computer systems. The reserve power system automatically supplies power to at least one of the sets of computer systems if a condition is met (such as a failure of the primary power system).
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1. A system for supplying power, comprising: two or more sets of computer systems;two or more respective primary power systems each coupled to, and configured to supply primary power to, a respective one of the two or more sets of computer systems, wherein the two or more respective primary power sy
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A system for supplying power, comprising: two or more sets of computer systems;two or more respective primary power systems each coupled to, and configured to supply primary power to, a respective one of the two or more sets of computer systems, wherein the two or more respective primary power systems are electrically coupled to a primary transformer that receives power from a utility power source,wherein each of the two or more respective primary power systems comprises: at least one uninterruptible power supply (UPS) electrically coupled in the respective primary power system downstream of the primary transformer; anda power distribution unit (PDU) electrically coupled in the respective primary power system downstream of the at least one UPS, wherein the PDU is configured to reduce a voltage of power downstream of the at least one UPS and distribute the reduced voltage power to a respective set of the two or more sets of computer systems;a reserve power system coupled to, and configured to automatically supply reserve power from a reserve power source to, each of the two or more sets of computer systems,wherein the reserve power system comprises:a reserve transformer, electrically coupled to the reserve power source;at least one UPS electrically coupled in the reserve power system downstream of the reserve transformer;two or more sets of one or more remote power panels, wherein each respective remote power panel is configured to distribute power from the at least one UPS to a respective set of the two or more sets of computer systems;two or more respective shunt trips, wherein respective ones of the two or more shunt trips are electrically coupled in the reserve power system upstream of respective ones of the two or more sets of remote power panels and downstream of the at least one UPS and are each configured to shed loads associated with a respective one of the sets of remote power panels; anda controller configured to control shedding of loads via the two or more respective shunt trips based, at least in part, on a priority of computer systems that are distributed power from respective ones of the sets of remote power panels, wherein the total power requirements of the two or more sets of computer systems exceed the capacity of the reserve power system to supply power; andrespective automatic transfer switches configured to automatically transfer at least one set of computer systems of the two or more sets of computer systems from receiving power from a particular one of the two or more respective primary power systems via a PDU of the particular one of the two or more respective primary power systems to instead receive power from the reserve power system via one of the remote power panels of the reserve power system while other ones of the two or more sets of computer systems continue to receive primary power from other ones of the respective primary power systems. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the sets of computer systems corresponds to a rack system in the data center. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the respective automatic transfer switches include two or more automatic transfer switches, wherein a first one of the respective automatic transfer switches is configured to automatically switch from primary power to reserve power for a first set of computer systems when at least one overload condition is met, wherein a second one of the automatic transfer switches is configured to automatically switch from primary power to reserve power for a second set of computer systems when at least one overload condition is met. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein, to protect against overload of the reserve power system, at least one of the two or more shunt trips is configured to automatically shut off power to at least one computer system included in at least one of the sets of computer systems if at least one overload condition is met. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the reserve power system is further configured to: separately from any decision to shut down any computer systems included in one of the sets of computer systems, prioritize at least two computer systems included in the set of computer systems, such that at least one computer system of the at least two computer systems is a relatively low priority computer system, andsubsequently to the prioritizing and in response to detection of an overload condition comprising a load generated by the set of computer systems exceeding a power capacity of the reserve power system, shut down at least one relatively low priority computer system of the at least two computer systems included in the set of computer systems while continuing to supply reserve power to at least one other computer system of the at least two computer systems included in the set of computer systems. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein: at least one of the two or more respective primary power systems comprises:an upstream power source switchgear apparatus located upstream of the UPS of in the at least one primary power system and coupled to the UPS in the at least one primary power system, such that the UPS is configured to receive power from the upstream power source switchgear apparatus;the reserve power system comprises:another upstream power source switchgear apparatus, which is separate from the upstream power source switchgear apparatus of the at least one primary power system, located upstream of the UPS of the reserve power system, and coupled to the UPS of the reserve power system, such that the UPS of the reserve power system is configured to receive power from the another upstream power source switchgear apparatus; andthe reserve power system is configured to automatically switch from the UPS in the at least one primary power system to the UPS in the reserve power system if a failure is detected in the UPS in the at least on primary power system. 7. The system of claim 5, wherein the reserve power system is configured to automatically switch to a bypass of the UPS of the reserve power system if one or more conditions is met. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the reserve power system further comprises a switchboard. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the two or more respective primary power systems comprises a primary power-side switchboard, wherein the reserve power system is configured to automatically switch to the switchboard in the reserve power system if a failure is detected in the primary-side switchboard. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more computer systems are included in two or more computing modules, wherein the two or more computing modules comprise a first computing module and a second computing module, wherein the two or more respective primary power systems comprise a first primary power system configured to supply power to the first computing module and a second primary power system configured to supply primary power to the second computing module, wherein the reserve power system is configured to automatically supply power to the first computing module if one or more components in the first primary power system fail, wherein the reserve power system is configured to automatically supply power to the second computing module if one or more components in the second primary power system fail. 11. A system for providing reserve power to computer systems in a data center, comprising: a reserve power system coupled to, and configured to supply power to, each of two or more sets of computer systems that respectively receive power from respective ones of two or more primary power systems,wherein the reserve power system comprises: a reserve power-side transformer electrically coupled to a reserve power source;at least one reserve power-side UPS electrically coupled in the reserve power system downstream of the reserve power-side transformer;two or more sets of one or more remote power panels, wherein each respective one of the remote power panels is configured to distribute power from the at least one reserve power-side UPS to a respective one of the two or more sets of computer systems;two or more respective shunt trips, wherein respective ones of the two or more shunt trips are electrically coupled in the reserve power system upstream of respective ones of the two or more sets of remote power panels and downstream of the at least one reserve power-side UPS and are each configured to shed loads associated with a respective one of the sets of remote power panels during overload conditions;a controller configured to control shedding of loads via the two or more respective shunt trips based, at least in part, on a priority of computer systems that are distributed power from respective ones of the sets of remote power panels; andtwo or more automatic transfer switches, wherein a first one of the automatic transfer switches is configured to automatically switch from a primary power-side PDU to at least one reserve power-side remote power panel for at least one set of computer systems when at least one condition is met, wherein a second one of the automatic transfer switches is configured to automatically switch from another primary power-side PDU to another at least one reserve power-side remote power panel for another set of computer systems when at least one condition is met, andwherein the total power requirements of the two or more sets of computer systems coupled to the reserve power system exceed the capacity of the reserve power system to supply power. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one of the automatic transfer switches comprises: a primary power input coupled to a respective one of the primary power systems;a reserve power input coupled to the reserve power system;a power output coupled to the at least one set of computer systems;wherein the automatic transfer switch is configured to automatically switch power from primary power to reserve power when the at least one condition is met. 13. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one of the automatic transfer switches comprises a manual override. 14. The system of claim 11, wherein, to protect against overload of the reserve power system, at least one of the shunt trips is configured to automatically shut off power to at least one computer system included in at least one of the two or more sets of computer systems if at least one overload condition is met. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the reserve power system is configured to: subsequently to automatically supplying power to the selected set of computer systems and prior to, and separately from, any decision to shut down any computer systems included in the selected set of computer systems, prioritize the computer systems of the at least two computer systems included in the selected set of computer systems, such that at least one computer system of the at least two computer systems is a relatively low priority computer system, andsubsequently to the prioritizing and in response to the detection of an overload condition comprising the load generated by the selected set of computer systems exceeding a power supply capacity of the reserve power system, shut down at least one relatively low priority computer system of the at least two computer systems included in the selected set of computer systems while continuing to supply reserve power to at least one other computer system of the at least two computer systems included in the selected set of computer systems. 16. A method of supplying reserve power to computer systems in a data center, comprising: coupling a reserve power system to two or more automatic transfer switches coupled to two or more sets of computer systems, wherein respective ones of the two or more automatic transfer switches are also coupled to respective ones of two or more primary power systems and configured to feed power to respective ones of the two or more sets of computer systems from respective ones of the primary power systems, wherein the total power requirements of the two or more sets of computer systems exceed the capacity of the reserve power system to supply power, wherein the reserve power system comprises: a reserve power side UPS that is electrically coupled in the reserve power system downstream of a reserve power side transformer;two or more sets of one or more remote power panels wherein each respective one of the remote power panels is configured to distribute power from the reserve power side UPS to a respective one of the two or more sets of computer systems via a respective automatic transfer switch;two or more respective shunt trips, wherein respective ones of the two or more shunt trips are electrically coupled in the reserve power system upstream of respective ones of the two or more sets of remote power panels and downstream of the reserve power side UPS and are each configured to shed loads associated with a respective one of the sets of remote power panels during overload conditions; anda controller configured to control shedding of loads via the two or more respective shunt trips based, at least in part, on a priority of computer systems that are distributed power from respective ones of the sets of remote power panels;in response to detection of a failure in primary power supplied from one of the respective primary power systems to an individual set of the two or more sets of computer systems, automatically selectively switching, via one of the automatic transfer switches, the individual set of computer systems from receiving primary power from the respective primary power system to receiving reserve power, via one of the remote power panels, while maintaining primary power to at least one other of the two or more sets of computer systems, wherein the reserve power system remains configured to automatically supply power to each of the other sets of computer systems. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the individual set of computer systems is automatically switched upon an at least partial failure of a primary power system for the at least one set of computer systems. 18. The method of claim 16, further comprising automatically shutting down at least one of the computer systems if at least one overload condition is met to protect against overload of the reserve power system. 19. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises manually switching to reserve power while at least one maintenance operation is performed on at least one primary power system. 20. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises automatically bypassing at least one UPS if at least one condition is met. 21. The method of claim 16, wherein automatically selectively switching the individual set of computer systems from receiving primary power to receiving reserve power in response to detection of a failure in primary power supplied to the individual set comprises automatically switching to a UPS in the reserve power system if a failure is detected in a UPS in at least one primary power system. 22. The method of claim 16 further comprising: subsequently to automatically selectively switching the individual set of computer systems from receiving primary power to receiving reserve power and prior to, and separately from, any decision to shut down any computer systems included in the individual set of computer systems, prioritize each computer system of the at least two computer systems included in the individual set of computer systems, such that at least one computer system of the at least two computer systems is a relatively low priority computer system; andsubsequently to the prioritizing and in response to the detection of an overload condition comprising the load generated by the individual set of computer systems exceeding a power supply capacity of the reserve power system, shut down at least one relatively low priority computer system of the at least two computer systems included in the individual set of computer systems while continuing to supply reserve power to at least one other computer system of the at least two computer systems included in the individual set of computer systems.
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