[asterisk-dev] IBM BladeServer / Clustered Linux

[Rich Adamson]

> > >> Can you share here, or do you want 'Scoty' to beam me over for a 
> > >> quick talk???
> > > 
> > > I'll jump in here with just one comment... think about the 
> > return on 
> > > investment in real business terms for the high availability 
> > non-stop 
> > > approach. Probably not justified in 99% of the cases.
> > > 
> > > Dropping the calls that are in flight is much closer to reality.
> > 
> > And if that call is an E911 call? What then? 
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> And what if the sun explodes!!! I understand the concern that everyone
> has for this but, there can and will be failures of any kind. I have had
> T1 circuits over 'SONET' fail because of a switch error on the Telco
> side. 
> 
> I trust my hardware and systems more than I can trust others. There are
> just too many variables for one person to control. I think a call drop
> is acceptable once in a while. It is when I use my cell. The standard
> there is "Sir, our technology uses wireless that is seceptable to
> interference.....Etc. etc. etc."
> 
> Put good HW and a GOOD system in place to handle your outages, control
> the things you can control, partner with good vendors that will provide
> the service you expect and you should be fine 99.999% of the time. The
> other .001% pray!!!

Right on!