[asterisk-users] To DB or not to DB?

[Mindaugas Kezys]

Pros:

1. No need to reload Asterisk when you change settings 
2. Changes are applied instantly
3. Easy to manage dialplan/users/settings
4. With properly programmed GUI you can give users some self-help services
5. No noticable overhead - dual xeon + 2gb ram does 400 simm. calls 
6. You can have your DB on other server, that let's you connect several
Asterisk servers to one DB - unified configuration

Cons:

1. None

Regards/Pagarbiai,
Mindaugas Kezys
Advanced Billing for Asterisk PBX


-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lord
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:22 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [asterisk-users] To DB or not to DB?

I lurk and comment a little on here and have been playing with * for a 
short while.

I am interested in hearing about the pros and cons for using a database 
backend to Asterisk. My current setup is simple, out of the box with 
config files in /etc/asterisk and logs etc going into /var.

I notice a great many of the contributors here seem to use a db backend 
(is this also called Real Time Asterisk?) and I'd like to know why if 
anyone cares to comment.

Thanks

Alan

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