[atlas] USB drive more harmful than helpful?

Le 23/05/2016 à 14:41, Wilfried Woeber a écrit :

> [...]
>> Has anyone tested how many writes are going on to the ATLAS thumb
>> drive?  Perhaps with all the failures within a year of start, perhaps
>> too many writes are taking place?
> I know that a very small number of probes is not a valid basis for statistics,
> but there wasn't a USB drive failure yet for the long-term, always-on probe.
>
> But they are powered with dedicated, stable power sources.
> Thus I tend to lean more towards the explanation involving level or stability
> of power, rather than # of writes.
>
> FWIW,
> Wilfried
>
>> Regards,
>> Hank

FWIW, my failed #12033 probe was powered using only 1 usb port from my
ISP provided router. I’ve plugged the replacement one on a 2+1 A
dedicated power supply. So while that second one hasn’t been around long
enough to be relevant, the first one fall in the low power level issue
range.

Bruno

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