Reference Material; What Is N+N And N+1 Psu Redundancy; N+N And N+1 Examples - Lenovo x3840 X6 Planning Manual

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N+N PSU redundancy is where N is the minimum number of PSUs needed to keep the

system operational, plus N number of PSUs again for redundancy. Essentially, the

number of PSUs are double of what is necessary to keep the system operational.

N+N is needed when a system needs to be power source redundant (See example

diagrams in "Typical PDU Configurations" above).

N+1 PSU redundancy is where N is the minimum number of PSUs needed to keep the

system operational, plus one PSU for redundancy. N+1 is used when a system needs

only to tolerate a single PSU failure and stay operational (See example diagrams in

"Typical PDU Configurations" above). Think of N+1 as having one PSU as a hot

spare.

Notice in the N+1 diagrams below that there are two sources. Typically, N+1devices

would be connected to one power source since N+1devices do not derive any benefit

from two power sources. It is shown here with two power sources to demonstrate

this lack of benefit for N+1devices.

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