[Asterisk-biz] tandem locations

[El Flynn]

Paul wrote:
> Jamie, you are right about that being one possibility. But I wonder why 
> someone would want locations of such things. Tandem computers are the 
> type of thing that are usually dedicated to a purpose or need. You don't 
> just walk into a place and rent time on them to run your favorite COBOL 
> payroll or billing app. So my guess is that Keith is referring to some 
> other kind of tandem. I'm curious now.
> 

I once worked in an IVR shop that used a couple of Tandem boxes mainly to store 
CDR records. Very stable, no downtime (when I was working there anyways). The 
boxes also contained a large database for our prepaid calling card platform, 
plus some other IVR-related stuff.

Flynn