[Asterisk-Users] When/whether to use SER?

[Douglas Garstang]

You could also achieve the same result with phones that support some type of failover, such as a simple list of systems to try in order, or DNS SRV lookups.
 
 
 

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	From: Jon Radon [mailto:jonr800 at gmail.com] 
	Sent: Sun 1/22/2006 4:27 PM 
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	Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] When/whether to use SER?
	
	
	High availability.  If you have multiple Asterisk systems, SER can really make failover a lot less painful.
	
	
	On 1/22/06, Leif Madsen <asterisk.leif.madsen at gmail.com> wrote: 

		I simply bring it down to this:
		
		Am I service provider? If yes, then I probably want to use SER for my 
		registrations. If not (standalone PBX -- single company), SER may not
		be necessary.
		
		As for the media part of it, unless I'm delivering some sort of
		"service" or require to listen to the media for some reason 
		(monitoring for example), then I direct the call through Asterisk,
		else, I direct media directly between end points and get out of the
		way.
		
		Of course, its never this simple, but I find thats a good way of 
		thinking about whether you really need SER or not. I don't really
		think a single company (unless its got a LOOOOOOOT of SIP phones)
		probably really even needs SER.