Scheduled UPS Maintenance - 07-Jan-2014 - 8:00am

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Scheduled UPS Maintenance - 07-Jan-2014 - 8:00am

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Hi Guys,

Please be advised of the following maintenance window:

Maintenance Window: Tuesday January 7th 2014, 8:00am - 12:00pm Eastern Time
Affected Device: UPS-A (Tor1/151 Front St.)
Affected Customers: Web Hosting Customers, Dedicated Server Customers, Colocation Customers (on UPS-A.Tor1)
Service Impacting: No - Precautionary Notice Only

Details: We will be replacing the UPS batteries powering UPS-A.tor1 with new, and slightly larger batteries (~15% higher capacity). While the current batteries passed the last set of testing in July-2013 without issue, the batteries are coming to the end of their expected lifetime. Our last tests indicated the batteries would likely need to be replaced in a year, hence we are scheduling to ensure they are replaced before 151 Front Street's annual Major Maintenance in the spring (otherwise known as "Diesel Day").

While we do not expect this to be a service impacting maintenance, the UPS unit will be operating on battery bypass, and should utility power fail at this time, there will be an interruption in services as the Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) switches power from utility to generator. As such, this should be considered a precautionary maintenance window. Batteries will be replaced on a shelf by shelf basis, and efforts will be made to minimize time on bypass. UPS-B.tor1 will remain untouched throughout this maintenance (as it has newer batteries which are not in need of replacement).

Regards,
Myles Loosley-Millman
Priority Colo Inc.
myles@prioritycolo.com
http://www.prioritycolo.com
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