[asterisk-users] concurrent call tracking

[Steve Edwards]

On Thu, 12 May 2011, Dovid Bender wrote:

> What I do is when ever a call comes in I update a table in MySQL to 
> active = (active +1). On hang up I do active = (active -1).
> 
> I have a cron that checks once a minute to see how many active and 
> stores it along with epoch in db.
> 
> I then have a graph that shows channel usage. If you want the code let 
> me know.

How do you handle table locking in case more than 1 call arrives 'at the 
same time?'

How do you handle a crash?

Using group() and group_count() with a bit of AMI to retrieve the count 
and stuff it in the database sounds like a 'better practice.'

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