APC Smart-UPS On-Line SRT3000XLI - 3000VA, 8x C13 & 2x C19, tower

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

The APC Smart‑UPS On‑Line SRT3000XLI is the sort of UPS you buy when downtime is expensive and you *actually* care about clean power, not just “something to keep the lights on.” It’s a tower unit with on‑line conditioning, so it’s better suited to server rooms, networking closets, or any critical workloads that are sensitive to brownouts, spikes, or frequency issues. At ~£2,875 ex‑VAT, it’s definitely not entry-level—so the real question is whether your environment (and your staff) will feel the difference versus a cheaper line‑interactive model. If you’ve got modern servers, VoIP, storage arrays, or industrial comms where glitches turn into ticketed incidents, this is the right class of protection.

Who should buy it: UK B2B customers with real uptime requirements, distributed IT sites, or a “no drama” approach to power quality—especially where standby power isn’t always predictable or generators take time. Who should *not*: anyone looking for a budget UPS for a single desktop/server in a low-risk setup, or anyone who can’t justify the cost with either business impact (lost revenue/time) or regulatory/contractual uptime commitments. Also, be aware that a 3000VA on‑line unit like this is only as useful as its runtime plan—if you can’t back up your critical loads long enough, you may end up paying for protection you can’t fully leverage. If you tell me what it’s powering and for how long you need to ride through, I can sanity-check whether this model is overkill or spot-on.