[Asterisk-Users] Sangoma VS. Digium

[Rich Adamson]

> > > > > My understanding is that to an extent when we buy Sangoma
> > > > > we're putting the dagger to Digium.
> > > >
> > > > If anything "puts the dagger" to Digium it'll be their own inability to
> > > > engineer reliable hardware.
> > > >
> > > > I appreciate what Digium has done for Asterisk, but reliability expectations
> > > > for phone equipment are extremely high.  I sympathize with people who need
> > > > hardware that doesn't need to be restarted once a week just to do its job
> > > > properly.  If Digium can't deliver on those reliability expectations, and do
> > > > it soon, people are going to switch to companies that can.  And you know
> > > > what?  I don't blame them.
> > >
> > >
> > > The Digium boards need to be restarted once a week?
> > >
> > > Please clarify this. I was dead set on getting in a Sangoma A104 for a
> > > production Asterisk box, but then I read this thread and felt that it
> > > didn't matter so much what I would order... And so I was deciding to
> > > stick with Digium. And then I read your scary comment.
> > >
> > > I've currently got a Digium board filled with 3 T1s, but it hasn't
> > > been under heavy use right yet, due to my attention being pulled from
> > > * and put onto SER+AudioCodes devices for other applications, and I
> > > haven't had to restart yet. Is this going to change? What's the deal?
> > >
> > > Please clarify your statement for me, as I need reliability as well.
> > 
> > I'll jump in here (but I'm not the original poster). The "once a week"
> > thing relates to the digium TDM card (fxo and/or fxs modules). I don't
> > believe the T1 cards are an issue that requires driver reloads.
> 
> 
> Alright, that helps clarify it a bit, but then again, I have been
> running Asterisk at home with a TDM card for a couple months and
> haven't had to restart it for a long time. Is it a requirement or just
> simply a recomendation?

Its an odd thing. Some people have to reload, others don't, and there
has been no effort to determine why it occurs. I've got two systems
that do have to be reloaded regularly. Go figure.