[asterisk-users] Re: Open CallerID Database?

[Richard Lyman]

Benny Amorsen wrote:
>>>>>> "RL" == Richard Lyman <pchammer at dynx.net> writes:
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>
> RL> everytime you make a dns request, i agreed that it does not hit
> RL> the root servers, but every time you request a NON-cached one you
> RL> DO.
>
> Nope. If you request foo.com and you have up to two days earlier
> visited bar.com, you won't hit the root servers. Only the .com
> servers.
>
>   
which would make it 'NON-cached'

> RL> so maybe your call center calls the same people every other day.
> RL> ours do not, and i'm just guessing here, but i have to think that
> RL> others here don't call the same people over and over and over
> RL> millions of times within minutes/hours/days. yeah, you are right,
> RL> i have no clue what i am talking about.
>
> People have a tendency to call other people in the same area codes
> more often than people in other area codes. That ought to help load on
> the root servers.
>
>   
that is if your caller base are residential.
call centers do not follow this.

> Anyway, a single server can easily handle 1000 queries per second. If
> you add even 0.1 cent to the call setup fee to pay for the lookup and
> you keep the servers at 100 qps average, you are looking at $8640 a
> day per server.
>
> Or look at it the other way around, if you allocate $1000 a month to
> run a server, and that server performs at 100 qps average, each call
> costs you .0004 cent extra.
>
>
>   
which if you want redundancy (like was mentioned already)...
using the 'root servers' as a *model*

"someone would have to have this expense/headache to maintain"

> /Benny
>
>   

i'm not sure why i seem to be unable to get my point across (even with 
multiple attempts), so i will just not try.

good luck