[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:36:09 -0700, Geoff Nordli > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> When Bering boots it loads everything into a RAM based filesystem. >> Anyone see any drawbacks in running an * system using a RAM based >> file system and booting from CF? If you needed additional capacity >> for VM you could add an IDE drive. The benefits to not using an IDE >> drive would mean one less mechanical device prone to failure. > > You'll want some way to keep CDR records if you need them. I wouldn't > replace the IDE drive for VM with a CF as you might run into a CF > failure to due excessive writes per sector. It seems CFs are good for > something on the order of 10k writes per sector, a number that might > be deceptively easy to achieve. > > Now, booting from CF and writing CDR back once (or a few times) per > day might be a worthwhile solution while using a remote * or disk for > VM. Of course an IBM 1 GB Microdrive is on the order of $175 or so and > would provide the ability to run the OS, * and VM all from disk > without worry or kludge. > > sl
A CF card is good for about 1,000,000 erase/write cycles. I believe that the new cards also have the ability to move data around so it spreads the erase/write activity to different areas. Geoff _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
