[Asterisk-Users] Linux Distribution for Asterisk server use
Scott Kamp
skamp at arkayinc.com
Sun Jul 3 12:44:37 MST 2005
Hrmmm small simple easy to manage, and very clean minimal install -
FreeBSD, if you want linux Id also say Debian
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 09:16 -0400, Ariel Batista wrote:
> Wow,
>
> I just want you to know I am and have been a Networks Engineer for
> many years. I started back when Novell was king for networks. Window
> and many others have come by and I have setup shop with them. I still
> manager and maintain several of my Clients Windows networks. Almost 3
> years ago our boss/owner decided to give asterisk a try. We got a
> Consultant and they set the system up for us. I at the time did not
> know Linux distro's and was under the impression they were all the
> same. We I quickly learn there not. (Yes Linux kernel is the main
> part.) But the distro's are very different. We were setup on
> Mandrake. I learn as much as I could about asterisk and for the 1st 6
> months never did anything with the OS.
>
> Well soon I needed to do some changes and add something's like
> reporting and other options that required me to start learning the OS
> and what It could do. I looked at about 10 major distro's, Red Hat 9
> was current back then, Mandrake, Debian, Gentoo, & Slackware. There
> all good I spent about 3 months going through them to fine the one
> that would fit me best. I decided due to all the books out to learn
> and setup Red Hat 9. Which by the way asterisk works great on. I
> setup all our 3 different servers on RH 9. Very soon RH changed there
> Linux distro's to the Enterprise editions and create in there Open
> Source Fedora. I tried Fedora Core1 and Core 2 until about 1 year ago.
> And at that time I found CentOS. It's Red Hat Enterprise without
> there labels. And Now I am using for all my setups CentOS. For
> Production systems I am using there CentOS 3.4/3.5. Works great and is
> easy to setup. For my testing and other servers that run on Linux I
> use CentOS 4.1.
>
> I have started to move some of my customers off Windows. It's a great
> stable OS which is mission critical product.
>
> Hope this helps if you need more info please feel free to email me off
> list.
>
> Ariel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: TWV
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 2:45 AM
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Linux Distribution for Asterisk
> server use
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> My question is about which Linux distribution to choose for
> Asterisk. (/me holds breath) OK, hopefully you’re still
> reading, because whatever you were thinking now, you’re
> thinking wrong! ;)
>
> First of all, I want to make clear that I have read EVERY
> message and reply that I could possibly find about this topic,
> so that includes the dozens of messages here on the Asterisk
> mailinglists, on the Digum forum, and even Google search
> results!
>
>
>
> Still, my question was not answered! Mainly because the same
> answer always came back: “Use the one you are most comfortable
> with”. Well, I already knew that (linux is linux), but it
> doesn’t apply to my situation at all!
>
>
>
> Let’s make things clear and concrete now:
>
> In my professional life, I work as a windows system & network
> administrator and as a developer on the NET platform, and have
> a long and extensive experience with telecom and VoIP.
> Working for a telecom company, I now have accepted the
> challenge to extend our offering with Asterisk. During the
> past 6 months, I have learned as much as I possibly could
> about the Asterisk PBX, successfully set up a complete test
> environment, developed IVR systems, and now we feel the time
> is right to put these services into production. BUT, before
> we can go live, one important problem remains: as I said, I am
> a Windows guy, I have a VERY profound knowledge of Windows and
> manage almost 20 Windows 2003 Servers that run
> mission-critical applications on a 365/24/7 basis, and support
> a large number of Windows applications and Web services (some
> of the applications I have developed are used by more than
> 25000 users every day!) Why am I telling this? Well, because
> I want to make it clear that I am perfectly happy with my
> platform/OS (windows), and have no intent whatsoever to ever
> change servers or application platforms to linux (let alone my
> workstation). What’s more, I have NEVER come in to contact
> with linux/unix before, so I have never worked with ANY
> distribution.
>
>
>
> Having explained all this, it should sound logical that I
> chose the AsteriskWin32 version for learning Asterisk. Of
> course, I realize that we can’t put any production system on
> AsteriskWin32… So before we can go live with Asterisk servers
> and services, this last issue remains to be resolved: what
> Linux distribution should I choose (and learn)?
>
> As I explained, I see Linux merely as a “necessary
> evil” (because of my lack of knowledge) for running Asterisk.
> So I’m asking about the best linux distribution only to put
> up asterisk servers. I’m NOT asking for the easiest one or so
> (I always enjoy challenges and learning new things), I’m
> asking for the best choice to build a carrier grade telecom
> system, having to support thousands of users each and every
> day. So it must be reliable and easy to maintain and upgrade.
> We are going to use Asterisk in our own datacenters
> (supporting nation-wide services), as well as in servers that
> we sell to corporations and callcenters for use as an advanced
> PBX/CTI system).
>
> So it should be clear that I’m not talking about a hobby or
> home deployment here. Our central asterisk systems for
> example will have to manage DS3 or (lots of) E1 trunks…
>
>
>
> If you need more information, I am happy to supply it. I
> appreciate your time and am hoping for some good suggestions
> and arguments which will lead me to the correct choice for now
> and for the years to come.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
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