On Tue, 23 Sep 2014, Steve Edwards wrote: >> On 09/23/2014 02:17 PM, Steve Edwards wrote: > >> > For some applications, storing recorded audio (prompts and caller >> > recordings) as a BLOB in MySQL has advantages. > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2014, Don Kelly wrote: > >> I'm curious about what the advantages are of storing audio in a blob. >> Wouldn't it be more efficient to store it in a file and just put the >> filename in the database? > > Multiple web servers, multiple Asterisk servers, multiple DB servers, > synchronizing filesystems vs db, etc. > > It appears to eliminate some problems, but Asterisk limiting audio > playback to files seems like a tough obstacle.
Mike said: Maybe make the audio files available to all servers via a single NFS directory? Probably not a good solution if the servers aren't co-located. Maybe someone could write a Linux device "file" that would return the blob's content as a file read. --Don -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
