[App_rpt-users] Use eBox computer for server node

[Tim Sawyer]

If you're running something at your house and/or you don't care if it goes down while you're at work or on vacation or whatever then you can get away with all sorts of short cuts. But if it's on a hill 3 hours away or one not accessible in the winter I wouldn't do ACID. 

I know of one system where a fella made a special effort to get ACID running on Debian writing as infrequently as possible to CF media. All of the nodes crapped out within a few years. 

Limey Linux loads everything into RAM and dismounts the media. No chance of random glitches to the media. It's not that hard to install once you get dd figured out. It runs great. It's the only way to go for remote systems. 

Oh and, doesn't Linux run for 24 hours a day, not 8? If so 10 years just became 3. 

--
Tim
:wq

On Jul 7, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Neal Garbenis wrote:

> I really don't see wearing out flash drives as  an issue. It really takes a
> Long time.  And  there cheap you can have back ups.  Two if your that worried about it turn off some logging you'll probably get a couple more years out of it
> 
> For instance—it would take over 10 years to wear out a single  area on an SD Card based on a file of any size (from 512 bytes to maximum capacity) being rewritten 3 times per hour, 8 hours a day, 365 days per year.
> 
> This is for 100,000 write cycles.  Most card today handle well above that 
> 
> Neal Garbenis Jr.
> NG8Y
> 
>  
> 
> On Jul 7, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Tim Sawyer <tim.sawyer at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> ACID should not be run on limited write memory. It will do-in the card eventually. 
>> 
>> --
>> Tim
>> :wq
>> 
>> On Jul 7, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Neal Garbenis wrote:
>> 
>>> I doubt Limey will work I'd try to put acid  on it that should work just fine.  
>>> 
>>> Neal Garbenis Jr.
>>> NG8Y
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> On Jul 7, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Eric Guth <eric at efratnetworks.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Folks - I have this computer:
>>>>  
>>>> eBox-3350MX-AP Standard version with Auto Power On and Power Adapter
>>>> eBox-3350MX PMX-1000 1GHz processor, onboard 512MB DDR2 memory, integrated graphics chip/D-Sub 15-pin, 10/100 Mbps LAN(RJ-45 connector)Built-in PXE diskless boot function, 3x USB ports(2 in the front 1 at the rear) Mic in and Line out, 1x SD slot(bootable but not hot-swappable), Auto Power On Support Power Adapter included. Use with SMART SD Cards: 1SG9SD1, 1GB(SG9SD1GPHC9) or 1SG9SD2, 2GB(SG9SD2GPHCA)
>>>> I want to build a mobile Allstar server/node for my car using a URI.  Will this computer work for Allstar and what version of the download would I use?
>>>>  
>>>> 73,
>>>>  
>>>> Eric
>>>> 4Z5UG / WA6IGR
>>>> Allstar Node: 28422
>>>> 4Z5UG at guth.us
>>>> Israel Direct: 077-950-9451
>>>> USA Direct: +1-720-377-3840
>>>>  
>>>>  
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