> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Riddell (NZ) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:06 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 'Hosting' > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Douglas Garstang wrote: > > Has anyone ever tried to run multiple instances of Asterisk > on a single system, running each with a different username, > and each in a separate base directory? Something like > /home/pbx/business-1, home/pbx/business-2 etc? > > > > Did it work? I assume for every service that Asterisk runs, > on each instance, you'd have to use a different port numbers, > which may get confusing. Each businesses phones would have to > be configred with different SIP ports then too. > > > > What about processes? I notice that Asterisk runs about 26 > processes (or are they threads?) for a single instance. > > Why not just use different contexts for each company?
Because Asterisk wasn't designed with carrier class features in mind. It was designed for a single enterprise. The dialplan, and config files, start to get very very complicated after you add more than a few companies. Combine that with having to have multiple extensions for a single function (our Queues are accessed by a regular extension but then have to dial another 'virtual' extension so that DUNDi can work out the 'primary' server for a queue) and so on. Anyway, it's becoming unmanagable. Doug. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
