Live firmware and configuration updates of multi-node alarm systems

A system for performing live firmware and configuration updates, the system comprising:

• a client node;
• one or more network nodes connected to the client node;
• wherein one of the network nodes is a distribution node, wherein the one or more network nodes are configured to:
• maintain live operation of the one or more network nodes during an update, wherein each of the network nodes comprises a disk that is divided into a plurality of partitions, wherein a currently running application file is located in a first partition of the network node;
• download an update file in a common partition of the disk;
• extract the update file from the common partition to a second partition of the disc;
• and
• switch the live operation of the one or more network nodes to operate from the currently running application file in the first partition to the update file in the second partition.