<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi,<br><br> I have read the docs, and now I want to attempt to setup Asterisk 1.6. I am not going to complicate it with load balancing, etc. The setup is just 1 SIP line - no other in-house connections. All inbound traffic. I intend to keep this simple. Imagine that I sell pies in my neighborhood.. I want to make it easy to order them. So I create a dialplan to receive a call, record the caller id/ANI and time stamp, pickup the call, enter the IVR function ( play the "Press 1 for Apple, 2 for Cherry, 3 Blueberry"), get the button presses/input, and hangup. Later, I can get fancy, with order confirmation, etc. What I want to know is this: As inbound call volume increases, and my 1 server begins to struggle, do I:<br>1. Add a second server that just does
IVR? Is that a very advanced AGI thing?<br>2. Add a second server that offloads other CPU intensive functions?<br>3. Just keep it simple, add a 2nd server that is a clone of the first, and load balance the calls - especially if you may bring UltraMonkey and *maybe* DRBD (shared disk/iSCSI) into the picture in the future?<br><br>BTW, I am a Unix SA by trade, and so I am not a complete newbie. It seems like the easy answer is #3, ESPECIALLY if you are already busy with IT functions, plus baking the pies!<br><br>Thanks very much in advance.<br><br><br>Greg Banschbach <br><br><br></div>
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