[Asterisk-Users] Fail over

[Mitchel Constantin]

Matt,

This isn't meant as a flame, rather I'm curious about what other
people think about the following situation...maybe it's just the
philosopher in me, what happens when the load balancer fails?

Thanks,
Mitchel


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:47:58 -0800, Matt <mattl at xgforce.com> wrote:
> 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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