asterisk users - Jul 2005 - Test CVS HEAD Voicemail ODBC Storage

As we are getting closer to release of CVS head as version 1.2, we're
in need of your help.

One of the cool new features in CVS head is the ability to store the
actual voicemail messages in a database. This is not using ARA, the
Asterisk Realtime Architecture, but directly interfaces with ODBC from
app_voicemail. It stores both meta data and audio in the database, which
will give you real scalability if you have the voicemail accounts in
realtime as well - you can propably have many servers handling the same
voicemail accounts without bothering with NFS file locking and such
problems.

We need extensive testing of this new feature to make sure it's ready
for release!

There's also a patch in the bug tracker that extends this functionality
a bit that needs testing and confirmation. Please check
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=4403 for a patch that adds
information to the stored message.

Thank you for helping us testing CVS head and finding bugs before
we release this new exciting version of Asterisk!

/O

Olle E. Johansson wrote:
> 
> One of the cool new features in CVS head is the ability to store the
> actual voicemail messages in a database. This is not using ARA, the
> Asterisk Realtime Architecture, but directly interfaces with ODBC from
> app_voicemail. It stores both meta data and audio in the database, which
> will give you real scalability if you have the voicemail accounts in
> realtime as well - you can propably have many servers handling the same
> voicemail accounts without bothering with NFS file locking and such
> problems.
> 
ODBC only, no other DB access methods?

thanks.

B.

Brian Capouch wrote:
> ODBC only, no other DB access methods?
No, ODBC only. There is little benefit to using any direct access 
methods for something like this (actually, even the Realtime drivers 
work just fine with ODBC as well).

Once I get 1.2 out and can start working on res_storage, it would be 
possible for this functionality to use direct database drivers, but for 
now it would be entirely too difficult to merge into app_voicemail.