Thanks, Lonnie, for the info. So, I will keep it running without any modification. The 2GB card is a bit older and has already seen some usage, but not too much. I may also switch to a newer 4GB SLC card, which should have even less wear.
Cheers, Michael Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Michael wrote: > >> Hello >> >> I am using astlinux 0.7.1 on an alix2c3 board with a 2GB CF card. >> >> As far as I can see the system is optimized to reduce flash writes as >> much as possible. > > Yes, part of AstLinux's special sauce. > > >> I am however wondering what writes are happening every couple of minutes >> to astdb? There are nearly no entries in the db and they are not >> changing. Still the file is written to in irregular intervals (about once >> every 5 to 10 min). No calls are being done at the time of testing. >> >> That would amount to more than 75000 writes each year, which seems to >> wear down the CF card significantly, I guess. >> >> 1.) Is this the normal behaviour of Astlinux (or something special in my >> installation)? > > Normal, asterisk at work. > > >> >> 2.) Will this destroy my CF card in foreseeable time? > > Probably not. > > NAND Write Endurance: > http://www.memkor.com/en/technology/414we.html > >>From my own personal experience, I have 3-4 year old SanDisk 512M CF >>cards, that have been running continually, and abused in test Soekris >>boxes, so far no CF media problems. Though I would't be shocked if one >>had failed in that time. > > The newer, larger SanDisk CF cards, should be even better. > > > Lonnie > > >> >> 3.) Should I move the astdb file to a RAM disk and sync it via cron to >> the hard drive? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Michael > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
