What type of storage do you all have for the Pi?
EDIT: Link please.
A SSD (110 Go) from Transcend. Itās a quite old and discontinued product, but anyway I donāt think itās important here. On the other hand, you should pay attention to the parameter of your node, to use the entire disk (default is 2 Go) :
-m, --max-capacity <max-capacity> Upper limit in bytes for allowed network storage on this node
I hope you didnāt use your flash!
do you mean flash boot on the pi, or flash on the camera I took? 
Iām booting directory of an sd card - the berry boot image, which points to the OS (and others) on the m.2 disk. I donāt remember flashing the pi though.
Did I make any sense.
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Flash on the camera, you donāt want to harm the internet.
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yesā¦ haha im a bit slow tonight.
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Does anyone have experience with offline/online/interactive UPS.
Interactive from what I can tell is the only system that has no switching time whereas online is in milliseconds.
My question is, if I went with online instead of crazy expensive interactive do I run the risk of interruption.
The obvious answer should be not right? or else why does it exist.
For context.
If I have a cluster of Piās backed up by an online UPS will the milliseconds switch cause them to reboot?
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I donāt know, but if it did you could put a capacitor across the 5v input of each and it will probably do the trick.
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I wonder if the transformer in the power supply will hold a small enough charge for milliseconds to do the trick.
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I donāt know about cheaper UPS:s, but I bought this one last year, and Iām happy.
The one I had before died after several years. I think itās normal that batteries go sour over time.
Iām not wealthy enough to buy cheap stuff. Either I get quality, or nothing at all.
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I have been looking at those!
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Hmmm - do you still have Internet connection in case of a power outage?
I should depending on the severity of the outage.
Most ISPās run off a similar but way larger system.
The internet should not be affected if you take care of power on your end.
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Or starlink?
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Apparently by the end of summer there will be no more blackoutsā¦ they still have a few minutes from time to time while they launch enough satelliteās for uninterrupted coverage.
I am not sure about elsewhere but here ISPās have to have back up power. Battery banks and generators to recharge them during extended outages.
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I have a UPS for my power-hog machine as frequent power outages here. Only gives about 4 minutes of power - but gives me time to shutdown properly. Never had an issue with it cutting out when power when out - suspect it has caps in there to deal with that.
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Hmhmm - okay - I never hooked up a router with a ups (and even ifā¦ Iāve seen 2 power outages in my lifeā¦) but in case of running safenet nodes it might really make sense to make them have Internet in case itās possible 
[I just didnāt expect this to be the case in the rare occasion of a power outage]
Thank you very much for the input!
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I expect, obviously depending on model a few Piās should have so little draw it should last for a while.
Wow, Iāve seen that many in the last month!
Living in Florida I am prepared for hurricaneās though so I have a generator to run the house.
You will also need to power your NID not only the router.
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Hmm - I guess the European/german power grid is easier to stabilise (ten times the population density of the USā¦) but yes I didnāt even think about preparing for power outages until you mentioned it ā¦
Hmhmm - okay that does make sense - but really makes it a bit difficult/impractical in my current situation ā¦
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