Dan Littlejohn
2006-Apr-26 05:52 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] ODBC Storage for voicemail messages in database
Seems like other postings tend to think that saving recordings as files and not as blobs in the database are a more reliable way to go. Opinions on this? Looking at supporting it for ARI and judging interest. Dan 512.791.0137 www.littlejohnconsulting.com
Noah Miller
2006-Apr-26 07:26 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] ODBC Storage for voicemail messages in database
Hi Dan -> Seems like other postings tend to think that saving recordings as > files and not as blobs in the database are a more reliable way to go. > Opinions on this? Looking at supporting it for ARI and judging > interest.As far as integrity of the actual data, I think you're safe either way. In either case, the messages will get to the hard drive, they'd just be accessed by different methods. In terms of availability of that data, it may be less reliable with a database. We use ODBC message storage on all our asterisk boxes, and while it has never happened to us (knock on formica), if the database service does ever go bye bye, you will not have access to the messages until the database service is running properly once again. So, I think the real question is: "How reliable is my database (and the ODBC driver)?". We're using MySQL 5.0.18, and so far it has been as reliable as the machines it is running on. - Noah