RE: Sanity check on StorageType

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

> > in document draft-ietf-ipcdn-subscriber-mib-12.txt you will
> > find (in the MODULE-COMPLIANCE):
> >
> >    OBJECT diffServDataPathStorage
> >        SYNTAX StorageType { nonVolatile(3) }
> >        DESCRIPTION
> >            "An implementation is only required to support nonvolatile
> >             storage."
> >
> > Do we believe this makes sense and is wise?
> > I have my doubts. There is nothing illegal here, but it feels
> > strange to me, no?
> 
> When I looked at it I saw it like this.
> 
> The entries gets added at the moment a cable modem subscribes.
> When the box reboots all cable modems have to resubscribe.
> Therefore, the entries must be volatile otherise, a cable modem
> can have a duplicate set of entries for them.
> 
That is one aspect of it that is cable modem specific I guess.

My question was more general. When I see this, I wonder why there
would not be at least volatine and nonVolatile.

Bert