[asterisk-users] Poor man's High Availability solution

[Patrick]

On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:22 +0200, Laurent CARON wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering what the best option to obtain a high availability
> asterisk server is.
> 
> I currently use a TE410P (4 x E1) card.
> 
> I'm thinking of 2 different solutions:
> 
> - 2 servers configured with Heartbeat + DRBD (drbd mainly for
> voicemail....) and the E1 span plugged to the 2 servers (with a TE410P
> in each server).
> 
> - 2 servers configures with Heartbeat + DRBD with the E1 span hooked to
> an ISDN guard connected to the main server and the backup one.
> 
> Here comes the real question.
> 
> Is it "technically" good to connect an E1 span to 2 cards at the same
> time (with only one accepting the calls).

Have a look at the ISDNguard product on the Junghanns.net website:
http://www.junghanns.net/en/ISDNguard_produkt.html

Regards,
Patrick