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Re: [ts-7000] data logging without flash fatigue

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] data logging without flash fatigue
From: Triffid Hunter <>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:21:38 +1000 (EST)
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, j.chitte wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am needing to log data once a second, although this is not enormous
> it seems sufficiently frequent to reduce long term life of the root
> fs on the onboard flash device (and hence effective board death).
>
> I'd thought of creating a small ramdisk and setting up a cron to save
> it every hour.
>
> Is there a better/alternative technique?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions from those who have found solution to this
> issue. Also any caveats to be aware of (apart from the obvious
> turning off apache logs).
>
> TIA, jacques.

1gb usb stick is your friend. so cheap you can just replace when it wears 
out.

Setting disk commit inverval to 1-10 minutes will help too.


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