I don't know, but right now if I were professionally using a number of the "at risk" devices I wouldn't sleep well with 16 Mb (or 15.2 or 15.3) devices running with a few hundreds of Kb free, as you say config database expansion, a backup file left accidentally on the device storage, a lot of things can botch for good a system that is "on the border" .
The ones that I believe can still run those devices "safely" are those that are not using the wireless, because there isn't any on the device or because they are using a wireless device as a non-wireless one.
Surely when/if there will be a modularized system users will need to discard some functionalities (or upgrade to a new device with more storage) but such an approach would give more time for the transition (if needed) or allow for existing devices that do not need *all* the functionalities to continue working reliably.
The issue - as I see it - is not so much for amateurs/home users that may well survive (say) an AP that bricks itself unexpectedly and that it takes a couple of days to revive or a week to be replaced, or that all in all can continue running an older ROS version, it is the professionals that manage many of these devices that will suffer the most for downtime and fixes/replacements.
BTW (sorry I don't want to go offtopic but it has to be said) Mikrotik should celebrate those that take the risk of updating their devices often and thus - through their bug reports/tickets - contribute to fix all the issues of new releases.
The ones that I believe can still run those devices "safely" are those that are not using the wireless, because there isn't any on the device or because they are using a wireless device as a non-wireless one.
Surely when/if there will be a modularized system users will need to discard some functionalities (or upgrade to a new device with more storage) but such an approach would give more time for the transition (if needed) or allow for existing devices that do not need *all* the functionalities to continue working reliably.
The issue - as I see it - is not so much for amateurs/home users that may well survive (say) an AP that bricks itself unexpectedly and that it takes a couple of days to revive or a week to be replaced, or that all in all can continue running an older ROS version, it is the professionals that manage many of these devices that will suffer the most for downtime and fixes/replacements.
BTW (sorry I don't want to go offtopic but it has to be said) Mikrotik should celebrate those that take the risk of updating their devices often and thus - through their bug reports/tickets - contribute to fix all the issues of new releases.
Statistics: Posted by jaclaz — Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:36 pm