[asterisk-users] Re: question about asterisk DB

[Benjamin Stocker]

2006/7/31, Tomislav Parčina <tparcina at lama.hr>:
> In article <c2101c520607210726o69bc7c66u85830aa92f48319b at mail.gmail.com>, bstocker at gmail.com says...
> > asterisk DB != Realtime Asterisk
> >
> > The asterisk DB is a Berkeley Hash, used to store key=value pairs.
> > Realtime Asterisk uses modules to store configuration (dialplan, SIP,
> > queues, etc.) in a SQL Database. The advantage is that changes to the
> > configuration take effect immediately without reloading the server.
>
> How reliable is asterisk DB? Can I store 1000 Caller ID records (name + number)?

Check this for a detailed description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_DB