Hello, I want to set up a Voip Farm (c) (tm) (patent pending) but don't know how to do it.
Please help. Oh, the irony :) Cheers Jean-Michel. 2009/4/2 Gabriel - IP Guys <[email protected]>: > Dear All, > > Thanks for taking the time to read this. I have been presented with a massive > task. I'm not an asterisk expert, but I do know my way around a linux server > and infrastructure, and I know when things are not done correctly. A large > number of minutes are routed every month, (1m+) and I wish to do this in the > most efficient way possible. > > I've been presented with three linux servers, all in varying states of > upkeep, and I've decided, instead of attempting to clean the systems I'm > presented with, it is better for me to build a stable platform for asterisk > to be migrated onto. This makes my question two fold. > > 1 What steps should I take, or consider, if I wish to migrate an > existing asterisk installation, without it being offline for too long > > 2 What steps should I look out for, if I wish to move to a MySQL backed > for the configuration files, so that I can remove the systems dependence on > local configuration. > > My long term plan is to introduce MySQL to be the backend for the > configuration and call log data and put this machine behind a load balancer, > so that in due course, when I need to add more machines to handle the load, I > will have no need to reconfigure asterisk, or build new configurations, and > if I keep the base OS install uniform, I should in theory be able to deploy > more asterisk boxes very fast behind a load balancer to increase the capacity > of my "VoIP Farm" with minimal work. > > *VoIP farm is my term, please do not use it in any presentations to the > powers that be inside your organisation - If you wish to do so please send > £10(ten) via paypal to my email address which is clearly displayed in the > email headers!* > > Also, in theory, it allows for testing of new configuration, without having > to change the configuration on multiple machines at the same time. Which is > always a good thing. Any help an advice, or questions are most welcome, as I > wish to turn this mountain into a mole hill, a very stable, and expandable > mole hill! > > Thank you for your time, > Mr Gabriel > > _______________________________________________ > -- 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 > > -- Jean-Michel Hiver - Synapse co-founder & CTO GSM +262 692 828 070 _______________________________________________ -- 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
