An off-the-shelf 5+ year old MSI MS-6378X-L motherboard, 1.6GHz AMD, 512 RAM, 10 extensions, no more than three concurrent calls:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uptime 11:31:45 up 103 days, 1:00, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 But: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo asterisk -rx 'core show uptime' System uptime: 9 hours, 32 minutes, 25 seconds I reboot every evening :) Drew, what's the uptime on your asterisk process on that box that's been up for 193 days? Drew Gibson wrote: > Bill Andersen wrote: > >> This is not a troll. I've used my real email because I want this >> taken seriously. I'm not trying to make anyone mad, I just want >> some real discussion on this issue. Please bare with me... >> >> I'm a USER of Asterisk. We purchased 3 commercially available >> "Asterisk Based" PBXs a little over a year ago. (I won't mention >> which one at this point - I don't want to bad mouth them - yet!) >> Two of the systems are very small (5 SIP lines/6 Polycom phones). >> The third is on a PRI with 30 Polycom phones. >> >> My smaller sites work pretty good. I've only had to restart >> Asterisk every month or so. However, my 30 station system >> is a continuous headache. I average a restart at least once a >> week. Sometimes a couple of times in the week. I'm always being >> called to "fix" something that just stopped working. >> >> I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A "Well, don't just complain, tell us >> your setup and we can help you get it working". This list HAS >> helped me figure out some of the issues. THANK YOU! But the >> purpose of this post is more of a fact finding mission. >> >> 1) Was choosing Asterisk for our company the wrong decision... >> >> a) IF... I expect a phone system to just work. Once it is >> configured, a phone system should just work with >> very little attention. My previous system was a >> Comdial with external voice mail on a DOS based PC. >> I LITERALLY WENT OVER 4 YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE >> POWER TO THE COMDIAL CONTROL OR RE-BOOT THE VOICE MAIL PC. >> >> b) IF... I really only need a phone system that allows an operator >> to answer each call and transfer them to the appropriate >> person. I need voice mail, but very little auto attendant >> features (mostly after hours). All the bells and whistles >> that Asterisk offers are cool, but don't bring that much to >> the table for our purpose. >> >> c) IF... Stability is more of an issue than high end features? >> >> 2) Are there any users out there that really DO have an Asterisk >> system that just works like clockwork? I'm saying, once setup, >> run for a year (or more) without any issues? >> >> 3) If SO, Should I simply consider a different vendor? >> >> 4) If NOT, and if my expectations are that a system SHOULD just >> run and run without any problems. Is Asterisk simply not my >> solution. Is Asterisk not REALLY ready for production. Because >> in my mind (as a user of phone services), "dealing" with the >> phone system, even on a MONTHLY basis, means that the system >> is NOT really production ready... Before we installed an >> Asterisk based PBX, I spent maybe 4 hours per YEAR with phone >> issues (setting up a new station?). Since we moved to an >> Asterisk based PBX, I spend 4 hours (or more) every WEEK! >> >> Am I expecting too much? >> >> Bill >> >> >> > > I don't think you are expecting too much. > > We have:- > > 130 physical extensions including 24x7 inbound call centre > > Debian on Dell server > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uptime > 13:15:31 up 192 days, 23:49, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 > > (Power was removed to switch to new UPS) > > asterisk*CLI> show version > Asterisk 1.2.24 built by root @ asterisk on a i686 running Linux on > 2007-09-08 17:17:07 UTC > asterisk*CLI> show uptime > System uptime: 63 days, 4 hours, 26 minutes, 40 seconds > > (Asterisk was restarted after queue config changes) > > > We had a single power supply and single drive fail in one incident in > Feb 2007 (one drive of RAID 1). System stayed up but was taken down for > 15 minutes to swap the drive. PS was hot-swapped when it arrived later. > > > regards, > > Drew > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users