[asterisk-users] Large Asterisk installarions (~10, 000 extensions), preferably at universities

[Gordon Henderson]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Al Baker wrote:

> Remember - You are going from a CARRIER GRADE purpose built piece of
> hardware with Software built under a rigid CMM with extensive
> "soak-testing" to software that has been developed under , shall we say,
> a somewhat less rigid and stringent methodology.
> You will be moving from an environment supported by hundreds of highly
> trained people, some with decades of TELCO experience
> to one where you support comes from a somewhat less seasoned group of
> individuals.
> 10,000 extensions ???
> On Asterisk ???
> You pays your money, you takes you chances.

I know what a few friends who work/study in the astrophysics department of 
a university half an hour up the road from me would rather have - their 
new "carrier grade" switch built under a rigid CMM, etc. fails about once 
a month right now. Recently it was because it was start of term and it 
couldn't handle the additional call-load. They used to forward me emails 
from their support department as a bit of a joke, but they've stopped 
doing it now as it's way beyond a joke.

They paid their money, took their chance with a full-commercial system and 
blew-it. I just wish I could get in there now, but it's too "political" a 
situation for an outsider to get anywhere.

Whats equally annoying is that their"Innovations Centre" (a sort of 
business "incubator" unit for graduates) has a very clever Asterisk system 
installed, but the main university seems oblivious to it all.

Gordon