[asterisk-users] Asterisk Redundancy

[Scott Moseman]

On 9/26/07, SIP <sip at arcdiv.com> wrote:
>
> No. It's not. But there still exists the possibility even in a
> relatively stable situation that the software could crash or that
> hardware could fail.  It's best, when planning a highly-available
> solution, to plan for the unforeseen and not assume you can
> avoid all mishaps. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that
> the software will NEVER fail. Hardware still might, and that would
> still mean a lost call unless there's a way to switch running calls
> over to a new server seamlessly.
>

Also be sure that you have a very redundant network configuration.
Too often I see people spend a great deal of time and money to get
redundant servers when their switches, firewalls, routers, etc are not
even capable of handling a failed network element.

Thanks,
Scott