Hi, I have been looking at Asterisk SCF http://www.asterisk.org/asterisk/scf, but its not yet production ready. Can someone please pitch in about HA feature in Asterisk ? (HA -> High Availability.) Also, What would be the pros and cons of using AsteriskNow over Asterisk ? Are the versions same in Asterisk and AsteriskNow ? We have been evaluating Asterisk for our Voice Application and it seems it would fit the requirement. Is Asterisk a CPU Intensive or a Memory Intensive application. Please suggest/guide. Regards, Kaushal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110430/c18abb1b/attachment.htm>
For the High Availability part check out the HAAST add-on for Asterisk at www.generationd.com It detects a variety of failures, shuts down the failing system, starts asterisk on the peer, moves the IP over, etc. Runs with every Asterisk variant and every Linux distro. No special hardware required. Michelle (I'd tell you how great it is but I work for Generation D ...) ________________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kaushal Shriyan [kaushalshriyan at gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 10:29 PM To: Asterisk Users List Subject: [asterisk-users] HA Asterisk Hi, I have been looking at Asterisk SCF http://www.asterisk.org/asterisk/scf, but its not yet production ready. Can someone please pitch in about HA feature in Asterisk ? (HA -> High Availability.) Also, What would be the pros and cons of using AsteriskNow over Asterisk ? Are the versions same in Asterisk and AsteriskNow ? We have been evaluating Asterisk for our Voice Application and it seems it would fit the requirement. Is Asterisk a CPU Intensive or a Memory Intensive application. Please suggest/guide. Regards, Kaushal
Hi Kaushal, I have done HA for Asterisk servers as well as SIP Server (kamailio). Please write your detail requirement. -> how many Asterisk Sever require for HA? -> How much down time acceptable during Asterisk Sever failover? -> Which type Asterisk Sever Failover u required? Send me your detail requirement and answer of above question ASAP. -- Best Regards, Rajnikant Vanza Software Engineer ------------------------------------------------------- Working On Linux,C/C++,VoIP,Asterisk Technology On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>wrote:> Hi, > > I have been looking at Asterisk SCF http://www.asterisk.org/asterisk/scf, > but its not yet production ready. Can someone please pitch in about HA > feature in Asterisk ? > (HA -> High Availability.) Also, What would be the pros and cons of using > AsteriskNow over Asterisk ? Are the versions same in Asterisk and > AsteriskNow ? We have been evaluating Asterisk for our Voice Application and > it seems it would fit the requirement. Is Asterisk a CPU Intensive or a > Memory Intensive application. > > Please suggest/guide. > > Regards, > > Kaushal > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110430/6d5c1abd/attachment.htm>
On 04/30/2011 02:13 AM, RAJNIKANT VANZA wrote:> Hi Kaushal, > > I have done HA for Asterisk servers as well as SIP Server (kamailio). > > Please write your detail requirement. > > -> how many Asterisk Sever require for HA? > -> How much down time acceptable during Asterisk Sever failover? > -> Which type Asterisk Sever Failover u required? > > Send me your detail requirement and answer of above question ASAP.Requests for additional details are a lot more persuasive when conveyed in a semi-literate manner. -- Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems LLC 260 Peachtree Street NW Suite 2200 Atlanta, GA 30303 Tel: +1-678-954-0670 Fax: +1-404-961-1892 Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>wrote:> On 04/30/2011 02:13 AM, RAJNIKANT VANZA wrote: > > Hi Kaushal, >> >> I have done HA for Asterisk servers as well as SIP Server (kamailio). >> >> Please write your detail requirement. >> >> -> how many Asterisk Sever require for HA? >> -> How much down time acceptable during Asterisk Sever failover? >> -> Which type Asterisk Sever Failover u required? >> >> Send me your detail requirement and answer of above question ASAP. >> > > Requests for additional details are a lot more persuasive when conveyed in > a semi-literate manner. > > -- > Alex Balashov - Principal > Evariste Systems LLC > 260 Peachtree Street NW > Suite 2200 > Atlanta, GA 30303 > Tel: +1-678-954-0670 > Fax: +1-404-961-1892 > Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >Hi, Can someone please answer the rest of the questions in my earlier post to this Mailing List.? Regards, Kaushal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110430/d0e57a14/attachment.htm>
Tell me how to do pri failover. I meant we have one pri line but two asterisk in HA. Currently we are doing manually Swapping pri line. -- Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2011, at 2:13 AM, RAJNIKANT VANZA <rajnivanza at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi Kaushal, > > I have done HA for Asterisk servers as well as SIP Server (kamailio). > > Please write your detail requirement. > > -> how many Asterisk Sever require for HA? > -> How much down time acceptable during Asterisk Sever failover? > -> Which type Asterisk Sever Failover u required? > > Send me your detail requirement and answer of above question ASAP. > > -- > Best Regards, > > Rajnikant Vanza > Software Engineer > ------------------------------------------------------- > Working On Linux,C/C++,VoIP,Asterisk Technology > > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com > > wrote: > Hi, > > I have been looking at Asterisk SCF http://www.asterisk.org/asterisk/scf > , but its not yet production ready. Can someone please pitch in > about HA feature in Asterisk ? > (HA -> High Availability.) Also, What would be the pros and cons of > using AsteriskNow over Asterisk ? Are the versions same in Asterisk > and AsteriskNow ? We have been evaluating Asterisk for our Voice > Application and it seems it would fit the requirement. Is Asterisk a > CPU Intensive or a Memory Intensive application. > > Please suggest/guide. > > Regards, > > Kaushal > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > 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 -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110430/7ca699cb/attachment-0001.htm>
8 PRI?s? I?d be using something like an AudioCodes Mediant 1000. No messing around with switches and cables an crap. From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Satish Patel Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 10:09 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] HA Asterisk Tell me how to do pri failover. I meant we have one pri line but two asterisk in HA. Currently we are doing manually Swapping pri line. -- Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2011, at 2:13 AM, RAJNIKANT VANZA <rajnivanza at gmail.com> wrote: Hi Kaushal, I have done HA for Asterisk servers as well as SIP Server (kamailio). Please write your detail requirement. -> how many Asterisk Sever require for HA? -> How much down time acceptable during Asterisk Sever failover? -> Which type Asterisk Sever Failover u required? Send me your detail requirement and answer of above question ASAP. -- Best Regards, Rajnikant Vanza Software Engineer ------------------------------------------------------- Working On Linux,C/C++,VoIP,Asterisk Technology On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote: Hi, I have been looking at Asterisk SCF http://www.asterisk.org/asterisk/scf, but its not yet production ready. Can someone please pitch in about HA feature in Asterisk ? (HA -> High Availability.) Also, What would be the pros and cons of using AsteriskNow over Asterisk ? Are the versions same in Asterisk and AsteriskNow ? We have been evaluating Asterisk for our Voice Application and it seems it would fit the requirement. Is Asterisk a CPU Intensive or a Memory Intensive application. Please suggest/guide. Regards, Kaushal -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello 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 -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110501/b419492b/attachment.htm>
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Jim Dickenson <dickenson at cfmc.com> wrote:> > On May 1, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Jim Dickenson <dickenson at cfmc.com> wrote: > >> Xorcom makes a box that connects via USB that can do failover. You connect >> the box to the two system via a USB cable to each system. When the box >> detects the primary system fails it switches over the the second one. No >> need for any extra hardware, except a USB cable. >> >> http://www.xorcom.com/catalog/xr0015.html >> >> http://www.xorcom.com/optional-extras/twinstar.html >> > > > Hi Jim, > > Thanks for sharing the technical details. Still not able to understand the > setup. Let me explain what i understand is the 8 PRI line would be connected > to the xorcom box and from there USB out would be connected to Primary > Asterisk Server and Secondary Asterisk Server. > > So we do not need any 8 port PRI Card on the Primary Asterisk Server and > Secondary Asterisk Server ? > > Please correct me if i am wrong. > > Thanks > > Kaushal > > > > Correct, there are no cards inside any system. You have an external box > that can have a combination of PRI, FXO and FXS ports; depending on need. > The external box is connected via USB to the two systems. The twinstar > option allows you to connect the external box to two systems via USB and > provides fall over from primary to secondary on failure of the primary. > >Hi Jim, Thanks for the explanation, I have couple of questions here. 1) Does the xorcom box support *8 Port PRI E1 Interface*. ? 2) Also the Primary and Secondary Asterisk Server can be any server which will run Asterisk or AsteriskNow (http://www.asterisk.org/asterisknow) Application and customizable or do i also need to buy this from Xorcom ? Not sure i understand that. 3) How does the xorcom box communicate with the Asterisk Server which do not contain any PRI Card inside the system. Much Appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Kaushal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110502/6c2ff5c7/attachment.htm>
On May 1, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:> Hi Jim, > > Thanks for the explanation, I have couple of questions here. > > 1) Does the xorcom box support 8 Port PRI E1 Interface. ? > 2) Also the Primary and Secondary Asterisk Server can be any server which will run Asterisk or AsteriskNow (http://www.asterisk.org/asterisknow) Application and customizable or do i also need to buy this from Xorcom ? Not sure i understand that. > 3) How does the xorcom box communicate with the Asterisk Server which do not contain any PRI Card inside the system. > > Much Appreciated. > > Thanks and Regards, > > Kaushal >Yes Xorcom supports E1. You can run any version of Asterisk as far as I know. I have used 1.4.x and ABE. The drivers are actually built in to Dahdi as supplied by Digium. The Xorcom box communicates to both system via USB cables, one connected to each system. -- Jim Dickenson mailto:dickenson at cfmc.com CfMC http://www.cfmc.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110502/b9a7b95d/attachment.htm>
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:> I have been looking at Asterisk SCF http://www.asterisk.org/asterisk/scf, > but its not yet production ready. Can someone please pitch in about HA > feature in Asterisk ? (HA -> High Availability.)The current production ready versions of Asterisk (1.4, 1.6, 1.8) do not have any native HA support. You have to engineer that on your own, or purchase a commercial product that handles it for you. How this is engineered would be based on your specific requirements.> Also, What would be the pros and cons of using AsteriskNow over Asterisk ? > Are the versions same in Asterisk and AsteriskNow ?AsteriskNOW is a simple to install complete Asterisk setup, just add hardware. While that is great, it would probably be more of a pain to make AsteriskNOW into an HA install than build one yourself based on your specific requirements. I haven't personally tried though, so YMMV. It appears that AsteriskNOW 1.7.1 64-bit contains Asterisk version 1.4.35 and 1.6.2.11. Both versions are now at Security Update Only status (but that's a conversation for another thread)> We have been evaluating Asterisk for our Voice Application and > it seems it would fit the requirement. Is Asterisk a CPU Intensive or a > Memory Intensive application.In my specific experience, I would say Asterisk is neither CPU or Memory intensive. Memory has never been an issue, and we are not transcoding between different codecs. If you plan to do a lot of transcoding in software, then your CPU usage will increase. You would have to test using your specific requirements to know how it will impact your systems. -Jonathan
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 3:03 AM, Terry Brummell <terry at brummell.net> wrote:> 8 PRI?s?? I?d be using something like an AudioCodes Mediant 1000.? No > messing around with switches and cables an crap.I agree, use a SIP Gateway. The AudioCodes Mediant 1000 supports up to 4 T1/E1/J1, so use two of them. That also keeps you going in case one of the gateways dies. -Jonathan
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jim Dickenson <dickenson at cfmc.com> wrote:> On May 1, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > Thanks for the explanation, I have couple of questions here. > > 1) Does the xorcom box support *8 Port PRI E1 Interface*. ? > 2) Also the Primary and Secondary Asterisk Server can be any server which > will run Asterisk or AsteriskNow (http://www.asterisk.org/asterisknow) > Application and customizable or do i also need to buy this from Xorcom ? Not > sure i understand that. > 3) How does the xorcom box communicate with the Asterisk Server which do > not contain any PRI Card inside the system. > > Much Appreciated. > > Thanks and Regards, > > Kaushal > > > Yes Xorcom supports E1. > > You can run any version of Asterisk as far as I know. I have used 1.4.x and > ABE. The drivers are actually built in to Dahdi as supplied by Digium. > > The Xorcom box communicates to both system via USB cables, one connected to > each system. > > -- > Jim Dickenson > mailto:dickenson at cfmc.com <dickenson at cfmc.com> > >Hi Jim Thanks for your reply. I found out from xorcom folks that we cannot re-program astribank, it is proprietary solution working on any given asterisk distribution out there. You can build linux HA cluster for asterisk then connect astribanks to the cluster. They recommend twinstar (http://www.xorcom.com/optional-extras/twinstar.html) if we need HA solution from Xorcom. Is there a way i can have my own customized Asterisk server behind Xorcom Astribank PRI box (http://www.xorcom.com/catalog/xr0111.html) and implement linux-ha ? Do you have any docs for setting up linux-ha using Astribank as the PRI box and Customized Asterisk Server (Primary and Secondary) Setup. Please let me know if you need more information about my specific requirement. Regards, Kaushal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110505/cd73b453/attachment.htm>
Yes - the USB connection carries the data. Keep in mind that the "HA" aspect of this product just means you can connect to two asterisk servers. There is not data replication, detection of asterisk failure, etc. (without buying more xorcom products). Be sure to do your homework. But they do make a good bank product. ________________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kaushal Shriyan [kaushalshriyan at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:42 PM To: Asterisk Users List Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] HA Asterisk On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jim Dickenson <dickenson at cfmc.com<mailto:dickenson at cfmc.com>> wrote: On May 1, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi Jim, Thanks for the explanation, I have couple of questions here. 1) Does the xorcom box support 8 Port PRI E1 Interface. ? 2) Also the Primary and Secondary Asterisk Server can be any server which will run Asterisk or AsteriskNow (http://www.asterisk.org/asterisknow) Application and customizable or do i also need to buy this from Xorcom ? Not sure i understand that. 3) How does the xorcom box communicate with the Asterisk Server which do not contain any PRI Card inside the system. Much Appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Kaushal Yes Xorcom supports E1. You can run any version of Asterisk as far as I know. I have used 1.4.x and ABE. The drivers are actually built in to Dahdi as supplied by Digium. The Xorcom box communicates to both system via USB cables, one connected to each system. -- Jim Dickenson mailto:dickenson at cfmc.com Hi Jim Thanks for your reply. I found out from xorcom folks that we cannot re-program astribank, it is proprietary solution working on any given asterisk distribution out there. You can build linux HA cluster for asterisk then connect astribanks to the cluster. They recommend twinstar (http://www.xorcom.com/optional-extras/twinstar.html) if we need HA solution from Xorcom. Is there a way i can have my own customized Asterisk server behind Xorcom Astribank PRI box (http://www.xorcom.com/catalog/xr0111.html) and implement linux-ha ? Do you have any docs for setting up linux-ha using Astribank as the PRI box and Customized Asterisk Server (Primary and Secondary) Setup. Please let me know if you need more information about my specific requirement. Regards, Kaushal