http://networking.earthweb.com/netsysm/article.php/3295841
Power failures are a fact of life, and as diligent, conscientious network admins, we implement whatever power backups we can wrangle funding for. A number of bad things can happen with a sudden power interruption: data corruption, mangled file systems, and even hardware damage. At the very least, we need to give important systems a chance to shut down gracefully, and then start back up when the power returns.
"This is exactly what a UPS--uninterruptible power supply--is designed for. The term 'uninterruptible power supply' is a bit misleading, though................
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