[Asterisk-Users] Virtual PBX setup.

[zimdog]

I am wondering what has been done as far as running multiple instances 
of *. Like if you were providing a virtual PBX for small companies. I 
imagine it can be done in one of the following ways  and am looking to 
see how other users are doing it. I have searched the wiki and have not 
found any info related to this. Maybe I am using the wrong word to 
describe what I want.


1) Segment the companies up in the extensions.conf file - This could 
handle the incoming outgoing calls but would have to share other 
configuration options in the other config files like moh etc.

2) Install multiple instances of * on the same machine - Seems like a 
good choice any problems with this and documentation on what needs to be 
done?

3) Run inside of a virtual server environment like vmware or virtual 
linux server. - Seems like a good choice also. Anyone have any 
experience using * in this situation?

Thanks,

Mike