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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>It doesn't help, when we're talking about Atlas probes. I have one probe, where external flash died twice, even it's placed in datacenter with UPS-protected power.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 23.05.16 15:35, "ripe-atlas on behalf of James R Cutler" <<a href="mailto:ripe-atlas-bounces@ripe.net">ripe-atlas-bounces@ripe.net</a> on behalf of <a href="mailto:james.cutler@consultant.com">james.cutler@consultant.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #B5C4DF 4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm' id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black'>Stable power, as from a UPS, also isolates the probe from power glitches which may cause rebooting of the probe, thus adding to the write count. Not to mention corruption from power failure during writes.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black'>Opinion: If the device/system/operation is at all important, use of a UPS is effectively mandatory.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>