On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 04:48:30PM +0200, Harel Cohen wrote: > Hi all, > Could someone please tell me what is the relative "cost" in using conf files > oppose to the astdb? Basically I need to match a name to a phone number in > order to have all users registered by name and not by number (which I > understood is not a good practice). I have 2000 users and a complex dial-plan > and server resources become an issue. > I could implement this via a context in my extensions.conf: > exten => <number>,1,Dial(SIP/<name>) ; obviously I would need to hard-code > this for every extension > - or I could do it via astdb: > exten => _XXX,1,Dial(SIP/${DB(Names/${EXTEN})}) > Which method would consume fewer resources (put aside other pro's & con's)? > Is there any better way of implementing this? > Would 'hints' help me out here? If yes, I would appreciate a detailed > explanation how to use it.
How often do you update? With configuration files access is cheaper but updating is more expensive. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users