APC SRV2KRILRK-E uninterruptible power supply (UPS) 2 kVA 1800 W

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

APC’s SRV2KRILRK-E is a solid “get the basics right” UPS for protecting small business kit—think server, NAS, networking gear, and a couple of critical PCs—where you need clean power and enough ride-through to shut down properly when the lights go. Paying £1,043 ex-VAT for 2kVA/1.8kW is not cheap, but it’s in the zone where you’re buying reliability and support rather than just wattage. APC units tend to be straightforward to manage day-to-day, and if you’re building a small, sensible resilience setup, this is the kind of model that won’t make you regret it the first time there’s a prolonged outage.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it just because “UPS = safety.” If your requirement is mainly short, frequent micro-cuts, you might be better served by a less expensive model—because you may not actually need the capacity or runtime this class offers. Also, be careful about load planning: many people oversubscribe later (new drives, more switches, extra rack gear) and then discover their “safe” UPS isn’t as safe as they hoped. If you tell me what equipment you’re backing up and for how long you want it to last, I can sanity-check whether this one is genuinely good value for your situation or whether you’d get the same protection for less.