Absolutely. Note that for some deployment models, this may be a justifiable compromise. It means that you don't have to worry about flash life, and it may also be possible to conceive of a situation where the client is responsible for configuring the backup parameters on the Astlinux box, as well as providing the target storage medium.
Mart da...@kerr.net wrote: > 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. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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.
