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We added a cronjob (pinger_trimmer.pl) to run on the 28th of each month to trim the data files (in /usr/local/share/pinger/ping-yyyy-mm.txt) to remove all but the last 2 months of data. This prevents the datafiles from growing indefinitely. This script can be downloaded.
Experiences
Marco any concerns about flash memory and repeated accesses, lifetime etc.?