storage
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Bringing your old call recordings to VICIdial
Moving historical call recordings when you switch to VICIdial requires understanding how VICIdial stores files, what naming conventions it expects, and whether re-importing is even worth the effort.
Read postSizing cloud disk for call recordings
Call recordings are the biggest disk consumer on a VICIdial box, and undersizing storage is one of the most common mistakes when moving to the cloud.
Read postSetting up a VICIdial archive server
An archive server pulls old recordings and call logs off the dialer box so disk pressure never slows your live campaigns. Here is how to set one up.
Read postHow to keep recordings from filling your disk
WAV recordings fill disks fast. Use format conversion, retention cron jobs, and offloading to NAS or S3 to keep VICIdial's disk usage under control.
Read postHow to read a VICIdial recording filename
VICIdial recording filenames are built from variable tokens like FULLDATE, AGENT, and CAMPAIGN. Here is what each token means and how to customize the pattern.
Read postWhere VICIdial stores your call recordings on the box
VICIdial writes recordings to /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/ during a call and moves them to monitorDONE after hangup, organized by date.
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