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].
