[asterisk-users] Originating calls: Astmanproxy vs Direct Connection vs Call files

[Julian Lyndon-Smith]

I've got around 45 people who need to place calls from our inhouse app. 
What is the considered "best practice" for placing these calls:

1) All clients connect to astmanproxy, and use AMI API Originate command
2) All clients connect directly to the astersik AMI and use the API 
Originate command
3) All clients create a db record, some process reads the record and 
writes out a call file
4) All clients connect to a web / socket service which then writes a 
call file ...

We are currently using #1, but every few days or so, the "putting" of 
data seems to take longer and longer. If I kill astmanproxy and restart 
it, the system is lighting fast for another few days.

What settings would I need for astmanproxy in order simply to access the 
AMI API (I don't need to receive or process events from asterisk)

Julian