On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:03 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote:
> >> Is it possible to have two sipx servers sharing one stand alone vm > >> server? I basically want to run two locations with the same user > >> accounts on each but need to make sure that vm is always available. > > > How does having one voicemail server improve availability? > > That part does not but no matter how I cut it, if I use multiple systems, > users need access to their vm. > > > As long as your two locations have a reliable non-NATed network > > connection between them, you can do this as a single sipXecs distributed > > installation. > > My application involves ALL remote users. I know I can use asterisk, and I > do, but I prefer the sipx method, media flows end to end other than vm, etc. > That is a much more powerful solution especially when it comes to video > conferencing. > > The problem with the sipx distributed method is that it's not really a > distributed system, it's really just a way of expanding capacity of the > system. The main node always has to be in play otherwise, everything goes > down. > Not necessarily. Just the services that that node is responsible for. Just because sipXconfig is unavailable, it doesn't mean that everything stops, it just means you can't make changes. > > So, having a primary in one location, secondary machines in other > locations, all via reliable non NAT networking still doesn't give me the > redundancy I need to achieve. No matter how many secondary machines I have, > there is always the problem of non of them being usable if the primary goes > down. What I need is redundancy. > > The only way this seems possible is to have two sets of machines with > identical accounts on both but then there is the matter of VM. Users will > have their vm on one or the other system which is why I hoped there might be > a way to either have two vm servers in sync or stand alone. > While this might not mean HA on the vm side, it's something to work with at > least which gets me closer to redundancy. > > For months, I've been trying to come up with a solution for this problem. > Easy enough to have a redundant front end using SBC's but the sipx side > eludes me. My primary need has been redundancy which is what I badly need. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users > Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users > sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/ > -- ====================== Tony Graziano, Manager Telephone: 434.984.8430 Fax: 434.984.8431 Email: [email protected] LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: Telephone: 434.984.8426 Fax: 434.984.8427 Helpdesk Contract Customers: http://www.myitdepartment.net/gethelp/ Why do mathematicians always confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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