Hello, IMHO you have a problem with the hardware that Asterisk runs on. You should really look around because there are a number of companies selling intel based systems with a cPCI bus fully hot swap capable. I think the only problem would be getting network adapters compatible with * but then this is only a problem of drivers easily solved by a good programmer.
If you test out Asterisk on a fully redundant box and you find problems I think you'd be welcome to send in a patch to fix them so that * could be used in "enterprise computing" instead of sending in a two page e-mail with the problems we all know about ! Regards Kiss Karoly On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Randall Shimizu wrote: > Asterisk fault tolerance and a embedded hardware solution.....?? > > Has anyoone tried implement Asterisk as a hardware based solution similar to Soekris > firewall....? > > > Asterisk & fault tolerance: I ran across this posting about Asterisk > and here is some interesting thoughts to ponder > > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=aca5dd1d9141c07addd9d3414e934380%40free.teranews.com&rnum=14 > > > Not blow anyone's ASTERISK bubble BUT,,,,,,, > > "Show me an Asterisk system that can: > > 1) Have a communication bus that can survive the removal of the CPU, > and > still have calls in progress that remain active until the calling > parties > hang up. > > Difficult problem to solve. One would have to have some sort of > parallel network connection. Perhaps one could have a buffering or > cache solution. > > The CPU problem could be solved by a blade server or failover. > > 2) I have yet to hear of any Asterisk box running a fully redundant > CPU > configuration. I bet this is possible. Especially with the newer hot > swap > cPCI bus systems and slave CPU cards. Even better if the chassis has > and > embedded H.110, or equivalent in LAN/memory, switching bus. > > Yes could be solved. > > 3) A redundant configuration where either CPU can talk to the > communications > boards (T1/E1), and LAN interfaces. And which can address all boards > in the > system redundantly. > > Sounds like a job for Infiniband or a platform that has a switched > crossbar architecture like IBM P-Series or Sun. > > 4) A redundant configuration that has either shared system memory > between > the CPU's, or at least table copies between memory that hold all > static and > dynamic call information. > > 5) A redundant configuration that can swap between system CPU's in > less than > 20 seconds. > > 6) A redundant configuration that can synchronize on, and share one, > two , > and more network clocking signals. Plus synchronize on a independent > stratum 3 or greater clock source. > > 7) And can support 1,000 or more endpoints (TDM and/or IP) without > choking > on it's own guts. > > 8) A redundant configuration that can synchronize on, and share one, > two , > and more network clocking signals." > > Well it's a lot to ask, but enterprise computing demands a lot. > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
