[Asterisk-Users] Failover Device?

[Gary Richardson]

Is there any documentation around for running Asterisk in a Cluster (I
assume you mean a n+1 cluster as you list a failover cluster as a
different option). I was under the impression that it can't be done..

Thanks.

On 1/11/06, Carlos Alperin <calperin at senecacom.net> wrote:
> Do you need failover on wich side? PRI or Asterisk? Both?
>
> Straight to the last option:
>
> PRI: the best if you have more than one PRI is to do hunt on the provider
> side, so when one is full or down, all calls are going to be directed to the
> second one.
>
> Asterisk: Do redundancy, so you need to have a second Asterisk box ready for
> failover, taken all the traffic of the first one in such case. You can do
> Hearthbeat, or DNS handling for this. I never try to run asterisk in a
> Cluster, that can be a third option.
>
> Any experience on that direction???
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlos
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matt
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:43 AM
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> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Failover Device?
>
> First,
> Something seems to be wrong with the list.  I'm not the only person
> who has expressed seeing their messages either arrive late, or not at
> all.
>
> With that out of the way..
>
> Is anyone aware of any type of failover device for PRI on asterisk?
> I've found the ISDNGuard, however it is currently not made in the
> U.S., nor does it run on U.S. power.
>
> Is anyone aware of a device that will detect (heartbeat?) if Asterisk
> is running, and if not, failover to a backup server?
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