Asterisk can get / write nearly all it's dynamic data from a database, making a read-only partition quite useable.
You can do voicemail using ODBC last i checked. CDRs can be written to a database easily. Your root partition does not have to be writeable - you could mount an NFS share once things were up and running, and put your voicemail there (probably easier than DB storage of voicemail. On Tuesday 08 April 2008 17:12, Frank Griffith wrote: > "Tim St. Pierre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm just getting onto > a similar path - although not with Asterisk. > > When you say diskless, do you mean booting from a read-only device, or do > you mean netbooting of some sort. > > The big question, is what do you have available for storage? > > There are lots of nice ways to make asterisk get configuration from a > network, and return logs and CDRs there. Are you doing everything on a > local CF card? > > If that be the case, perhaps a file-backed ram disk for things like CDR and > voicemail data. This could be set up to periodically write back to the > flash memory. You could make it save the data on shutdown, but an unclean > shutdown would cause you to lose voicemail and CDR information. > > Either way, lots of ram is important. > > If you are doing this on a scrap computer, you can pick up an IDE to CF > card adaptor pretty cheap (around $20) and build it on a CF card. Then when > you do get that Soekris machine, just move the card over. > > Good luck with it! > > -Tim > > On Sunday 06 April 2008 22:08, Frank Griffith wrote: > > Okay, I know I'm probably pushing the envelope but I > > did loads of experimenting with diskless setup this > > past week. Getting past all the outdates docs, typos > > and bad information was difficult, but this weekend I > > got the diskless client to boot and got some of the > > advanced configuration done with it. And I even got it > > to work with 8.0-CURRENT. > > > > Of course, now I would like to setup a diskless > > machine to run Asterisk. I don't have any dough left > > after paying my income tax to buy a Soekris box so I'm > > making do with an older machine that has lost use of > > it's hard drive. > > > > Can anyone offer me some pointers on how I could > > advance this process. I like asterisk as my phone > > system but the thought of having to buy hard drives > > every few years is starting to make me think, who > > needs them when the diskless process could take their place. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > >__ _________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of > > Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. > > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > Asterisk-BSD mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-bsd -- Tim St. Pierre IP telephony specialist sip://[EMAIL PROTECTED] Toronto: 647 722 6930 Toll-Free 1 888 488 6940 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- Asterisk-BSD mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-bsd
