[asterisk-users] Asterisk with MySQL Cluster

[David Backeberg]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Duane Larson <duane.larson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have MySQL Cluster set up for OpenSIPS which allows for the best Redundant
> High-Availability.  I was wondering if it's possible for Asterisk to also
> use multiple database servers for Realtime?  Currently with Realtime I am
> only able to point to a single IP address for a database.  If that database
> server goes down that Asterisk is pointed to then Asterisk won't be able to
> do anything.  Any options within Asterisk 1.8 to make it more fault tolerant
> when it comes to Realtime and databases?

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/ha-overview.html

It's a fair amount of work for what in my opinion is a minimal reward.
If you've hardened everything else and this is the only single point
of failure left in your entire infrastructure, you should be able to
sleep well at night.