Saving CDR and voicemail in RAM would only work if there was also some persistent backup in real time, to USB or network share. I just had to power off and reboot my alix box because asterisk hung and would have lost CDR and VM if they were on ramdisk
David On 12/29/08, Martin Rogers <fromastlinux-us...@mhr.me.uk> wrote: > Since upgrading to 0.6.2, partitioning my flash disk and running > genunion I am now not only able to make ordinary configuration changes > sticky but the root password too. > > The trouble is however that if your mobo only supports a single hard > disk channel, having multiple partitions does not really help. If the rw > partition wears out it might as well all be on the same partition > anyway, as the whole flash module will need changing. > > I understand the philosophy often cited in this forum that in reality, > the real lifetime of flash under astlinux could be a very long time, and > you could even take the precaution of swapping flash modules every year > or so. > > I think this is a point well made if you are the person maintaining the > system, e.g. you are running your own pbx or are a hobbyist. However > this strategy does not fit well imv once you try and work it into > commercial scenarios and business models. > > If I had (say) hundreds of Astlinux boxes in the field, having to send > someone out to each site once every year is certainly not going to be > cost effective. Neither is the continual disruption and risk of > downtime to the client desirable. I think trying to pass the burden of > this maintenance on at time of sale to the buyer would also make for an > unattractive option. > > I do not have a definitive list of all that is stored on the rw flash > module, but I understand that CDRs and Voicemail are possibly amongst > the noisiest. Wouldn't a better option be to try and store these in RAM > and if necessary support the unit with a UPS ? > > Your thoughts please. > Mart > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
