[asterisk-users] Newbie Asterisk: Disaster Recovery Proof Asterisk

[Al Baker]

 From a lot of experience - you are not being anywhere near paranoid 
enough !!!!!!!!!!
Think dual RAID controllers, Dual power supplies off of, at a Minimum, 
separate isolated circuits, with Hefty UPS that is in-line so it filters 
the power,  think mirrored systems with a simple from switch from Black 
Box that will throw the lines over to the working box. Think -hmmm, how 
to keep v-mail between boxes in sync. Think remote console access to the 
server below multi-user level
Think... is your azz is on the line for this install, I would give real 
consideration about doing this until you hzve a better plan, more $$$ in 
hand or a SLA  to the end user that is very very forgiving.
My 2 cents, worth all that you pad for it :)

Lee, John (Sydney) wrote:
> I am planning to roll out Asterisk to some offices and I have been
> thinking about how to disaster proof the box.
>
> For the production box, of course, it will have RAID 1 disk drives and
> 2GB memory at least.
>
> a) If the office burns down, there is nothing much I could do.
> b) If it is software error, then good luck with the trouble-shooting.
> c) If the hardware fails, then I could call for the vendor to come to
> replace faulty hardware but this is going to take at least 2 to 4 hours
> no matter how much you pay for the warranty.
>
> It is because of (c) that prompts me to think about configuring a cheap
> desktop as a hot box so that if the production box fails disastrously,
> then I could simply move the PRI cable to the hot box and business
> should continue.
> However, this will require the production box daily copying (rsync) all
> the changed files to the hot box.
> Is this a good idea?  Or is there a better idea?  Or am I too paranoid?
> What do you guys do out there?
>
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