on 17/01/02 23:14, Andrew Beals at bandy_at_cinnamon.com wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 21:04:29 -0700, "Grant [Oy Vey] Hutchinson"
> <grant_at_splorp.com> wrote:
>> So, is there any reliable way to test these cards in order to check how
>> far along in their "life cycle" they are?
>
> I don't know the answer to your life-cycle question, but typically the only
> data on a flash card in a routah is the IOS image. Its configuration gets
> written into on-board NVRAM. It's possible that they may have had core dumps
> written on them from time to time, but [a] it's really slow and [b] they tend
> to be bigger than the cards. CSCO's customers don't upgrade router images all
> that often -- if it works, why mess with it? Additionally, it's quicker for a
> router in a datacenter to boot off of a server box, and use the image in flash
> for backup purposes.
How is it that I often read here from various users that cards that have
been used in Cisco routers are worn out because the routers will constantly
write on them?
-Laurent.
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