<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/20 Nitzan Kon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nk3569@yahoo.com">nk3569@yahoo.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello!<br>
<br>
We're looking for a solution to reliably load balance our<br>
Asterisk boxes. So far we've been using a hodge-podge of<br>
directing different services to different boxes/IPs, but<br>
eventually I'd like to consolidate things so we can present<br>
a single IP address to the outside world.<br>
<br>
My question is - how do we go about doing that? I've read<br>
a lot of things like load-balancing via DUNDi or OpenSER,<br>
but it seems to me like these approaches just add to the<br>
list of possible failures. In other words I'd like to avoid<br>
software solutions.<br>
<br>
Is it possible to just put Asterisk behind a load balancer?<br>
I imagine most of them are optimized for web traffic rather<br>
than UDP voice packets. Does that matter?<br>
<br>
Would any load balancer do - or only specific models will<br>
work? my guess is any model will work, but some of them may<br>
not be able to handle the load.<br>
<br>
Any recommended models?<br>
<br>
I know there are some fancy LBs out there that can actually<br>
load balance based on the SIP session rather than something<br>
like IP, but I'm afraid to even look at the price tag. I'm<br>
more than fine with balancing by user IP address instead -<br>
if that works. :)<br>
<br>
Would appreciate any comments or ideas.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
--<br>
Nitzan Kon, CEO<br>
Future Nine Corporation<br>
<a href="http://www.future-nine.com" target="_blank">www.future-nine.com</a><br>
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