>----- Original Message ----
>From: Scott Moseman <scmoseman@gmail.com>
>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:07:06 AM
>Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Redundancy
>
>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:07:06 AM
>Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Redundancy
>
>On 9/26/07, SIP <sip@arcdiv.com> wrote:
>>
>> No. It's not. But there still exists the possibility even in a
>> relatively stable situation that the software could crash or that
>> hardware could fail. It's best, when planning a highly-available
>> solution, to plan for the unforeseen and not assume you can
>> avoid all mishaps. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that
>> the software will NEVER fail. Hardware still might, and that would
>> still mean a lost call unless there's a way to switch running calls
>> over to a new server seamlessly.
>>
>
>Also be sure that you have a very redundant network configuration.
>Too often I see people spend a great deal of time and money to get
>redundant servers when their switches, firewalls, routers, etc are not
>even capable of handling a failed network element.
You can achieve this at the application level.
>>
>> No. It's not. But there still exists the possibility even in a
>> relatively stable situation that the software could crash or that
>> hardware could fail. It's best, when planning a highly-available
>> solution, to plan for the unforeseen and not assume you can
>> avoid all mishaps. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that
>> the software will NEVER fail. Hardware still might, and that would
>> still mean a lost call unless there's a way to switch running calls
>> over to a new server seamlessly.
>>
>
>Also be sure that you have a very redundant network configuration.
>Too often I see people spend a great deal of time and money to get
>redundant servers when their switches, firewalls, routers, etc are not
>even capable of handling a failed network element.
You can achieve this at the application level.
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