From a lot of experience - you are not being anywhere near paranoid enough !!!!!!!!!! Think dual RAID controllers, Dual power supplies off of, at a Minimum, separate isolated circuits, with Hefty UPS that is in-line so it filters the power, think mirrored systems with a simple from switch from Black Box that will throw the lines over to the working box. Think -hmmm, how to keep v-mail between boxes in sync. Think remote console access to the server below multi-user level Think... is your azz is on the line for this install, I would give real consideration about doing this until you hzve a better plan, more $$$ in hand or a SLA to the end user that is very very forgiving. My 2 cents, worth all that you pad for it :)
Lee, John (Sydney) wrote: > I am planning to roll out Asterisk to some offices and I have been > thinking about how to disaster proof the box. > > For the production box, of course, it will have RAID 1 disk drives and > 2GB memory at least. > > a) If the office burns down, there is nothing much I could do. > b) If it is software error, then good luck with the trouble-shooting. > c) If the hardware fails, then I could call for the vendor to come to > replace faulty hardware but this is going to take at least 2 to 4 hours > no matter how much you pay for the warranty. > > It is because of (c) that prompts me to think about configuring a cheap > desktop as a hot box so that if the production box fails disastrously, > then I could simply move the PRI cable to the hot box and business > should continue. > However, this will require the production box daily copying (rsync) all > the changed files to the hot box. > Is this a good idea? Or is there a better idea? Or am I too paranoid? > What do you guys do out there? > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
