[Asterisk-Users] Fail over

[Matt]

you can use dual T1, each on a separate pbx. and use a load balancer for
fail over. see http://www.xgforce.com/loadbalancer.html for affordable
models.

Best Regards

Matt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Adamson" <radamson at routers.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:11 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Fail over


> > No, that's a service, or at least I think it is, the sales garbage
obscures
> > what it really is so who knows.
> >
> >  What I need is a little box that diverts calls if the PBX goes down.
>
> FYI, the topic has been discussed previously on the list, and the
> problem that you're trying to address is far more difficult that
> what you might think.
>
> The issue is... how do you know when the pbx is down?
>  - machine is up, asterisk is down
>  - machine is up, asterisk is up but not responding
>  - machine is down hard (somewhat easier to address)
>
> Some of the previous postings noted using a relay to transfer t1's,
> pri's, etc, to a second machine; however, tripping the relay still
> requires some sort of watchdog timer that would sense inactivity.
> There is no code in asterisk to trigger that process today.
>
>
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