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didi
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Dave,
Does a dedicated PowerHome PC need a hardisk during runtime if it has 64Mb Ram on board or does PowerHome store everything it needs (macro's, ir codes, ...) in RAM during startup ?
If the event log is trimmed every now and then, it would be possible, right ?
If not, is there a simple patch or trick to make it so ?
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Didi,
Its not quite that straightfoward. The simple answer would be no. PowerHome is really a combination of two separate programs, one of which is a database server. When PowerHome starts up, it doesnt load anything into RAM, it merely connects to and makes requests of the database server. Now the database server could be configured via runtime parameters to use a larger cache, but that would only minimize accesses during read operations. Write operations would still need to be written to the hard drive to minimize data loss in case of a failure. This is all pretty much under the control of the database server and unchangeable by the programmer.
If you are interested in the runtime parameters associated with the database server, let me know and I'll look them up for you. Im not at home as I answer this or I would just go ahead and post them for you.
Dave.
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Thanks Dave, but i think i'll try to find a Solid State Hard Drive instead.
My knowledge of databases and the Sybase-server isn't that good.
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Why do you want it to be diskless? I am just curious.
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i think that if i would have it running 24/7 it would wear out rather fast.
If i set it to stand-by after a certain time, it would have to restart and then it would take an uncomfortable long time for the specific macro to start.
But i checked for some solid state disks and they are so expensive i think i'll go for the normal hard drive anyway.
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I have three machines that have been running for 5 years. In that 5 years, I have never had to replace a hard drive. The trick is to not use the latest technology - use proven technology. These machines all have 4 GB IDE drives and they still work.
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