Re: [9fans] Canonical way to configure permanent remote cpu access

[Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:41:56 EST Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net>  wrote:
> > I think the wear-levelling on these is sufficient that you can run a
> > normal fossil file system for quite a while before it wears out.
>
> Or, of course, just don't run a local file system at all. This is Plan 9,
> after all. Using the fs in the basement has worked great for me
> throughout. You then free up the RAM that would otherwise be
> devoted to the fs (and that's fixed size on the pi). Maybe not
> something you can do today if this is your first Plan 9 system,
> but worth keeping in mind.

The combination of plan9 + the low cost Pi opens up new
possibilities where other configurations can make sense.  For
instance, sensor data collection with periodic syncing.  plan9
can make a nice embedded os. Another example: I can use a
pi-dock (pi + atrix lapdock) for hours on an airplane given
atrix's (supposed) 36 Wh battery.  There is no one true way.