Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
I would recommend you try the Escaux pbx.NET free edition for it. If the environment grows or commercial support is required they can upgrade or buy support from Escaux without any physical intervention (it's just a virtual flip switch on their systems). The GUI is webbased and quite simple. Apart from the administration on the website GUI, you can do a set and forget on the box, as it's debian based and can autoupdate itself. See http://www.escaux.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=71Itemid=233lang=en (No I do not work for escaux, we've been testing it too here and I think it provides upgraded value for customers in need of support and understandable GUI) ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
On 2/24/07, shadowym [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Astlinux would work except it does not currently meet some key requirements (GUI, Sangoma Analog card support). Otherwise it would be a GREAT distribution for set it and forget it running without a Hard Drive IMHO. shadowym, With a little work one could use the Digium GUI and the existing front end to rc.conf to provide a complete GUI for an AstLinux system using %100 open source components. Everything you need except the GUI itself is already there (PHP, http/https server - even sqlite). All you have to do is provide the PHP... As Darrick mentioned I have been working with Sangoma to get their cards supported in AstLinux again. Look out for the announcement of AstLinux 0.4.5 and AstLinux 0.5.0, both of which should feature full Sangoma support (along with Digium cards, of course)! Whether or not AstLinux can meet your needs it would be much better to use something that is OSS/Asterisk based. Looking at your requirements, it shouldn't be that hard. -- Kristian Kielhofner ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
Thanks for the comments Kristian, I don't really have the skills to make the Digium GUI work on astlinux but if it is that natural of a fit I look forward to the day someone does it and makes it publicly available. Astlinux + Digium GUI + Sangoma analog card support would be a magical combination IMHO! -Original Message- From: Kristian Kielhofner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:13 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware,that is the question On 2/24/07, shadowym [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Astlinux would work except it does not currently meet some key requirements (GUI, Sangoma Analog card support). Otherwise it would be a GREAT distribution for set it and forget it running without a Hard Drive IMHO. shadowym, With a little work one could use the Digium GUI and the existing front end to rc.conf to provide a complete GUI for an AstLinux system using %100 open source components. Everything you need except the GUI itself is already there (PHP, http/https server - even sqlite). All you have to do is provide the PHP... As Darrick mentioned I have been working with Sangoma to get their cards supported in AstLinux again. Look out for the announcement of AstLinux 0.4.5 and AstLinux 0.5.0, both of which should feature full Sangoma support (along with Digium cards, of course)! Whether or not AstLinux can meet your needs it would be much better to use something that is OSS/Asterisk based. Looking at your requirements, it shouldn't be that hard. -- Kristian Kielhofner ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
Thanks Tom and everyone else, Based largely on your comments I decided to just stick with what works. I have a site using entry level ATX server hardware that has been solid as a rock. I'll just go with that instead of more specialized fanless hardware, specialized power supply and 2.5 hard drives etc. Maybe get a second motherboard as a spare of they go for the ongoing remote support option. I'll do some simple things like a put in a standby hard drive with the production image on it in case the primary drive fails. The case has hot swap SATA bays so if the primary drive fails or get's corrupted anyone can just swap drives and they will be back up just like that. I'll make remote offsite backups as well. Thanks for all the help. -Original Message- From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 5:01 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware,that is the question At 11:53 AM 2/24/2007, you wrote: Hi there, Here is my dilema. I have a new small business customer that wants me to put in a VoIP phone system for them. Based on their requirements, I have determined that it needs to be a set it and forget it type of thing like a lot of small business proprietary systems. There is no such thing as set and forget. Businesses change. They either grow or shrink, they don't stand still. They will add and remove phones. So they will call you at that time. Or are you expecting them to shop for their own phones on Ebay? At the same time they would like to be able to do minor dial plan changes themselves so I have determine that a GUI like FreePBX or similar alternative (free or commercial) is appropriate. We take a different approach. We don't want a GUI. We don't want the limits. We work with the business to design their dial plan. Then we write it. We do not give them a GUI because we don't want them making changes and then asking for support. We sell them a minor service agreement and remote in for any changes. We also handle professional voice recording and basic training on phone use. And we handle backups and service if needed. Once they understand that we can do that without a service call, they are quite receptive to the idea. Conventional PBXs come with service agreements so customers are used to that but surprised at the low cost from you. I have some concerns about using Asterisk for this. As much as I am in support of the whole Asterisk revolution, I just do not feel confident enough in Asterisk on a Hard Drive as a set it and forget it setup running month after month, year after year. I am hoping someone can convince me otherwise. Hard drives are reliable. But I have similar feelings so we are working on a flash solution. Were running it beta in our office right now. It only uses the hard drive for daily voicemail, boots from flash and runs from RAM. I'm concerned about hard drive corruptions/failures, memory leaks, software bugs etc. Conventional systems have bugs too. I have the budget to buy good quality hardware so if I was to go with Asterisk I would go industrial grade fanless computer, power conditioned UPS etc. You don't really need fanless. Make it cheap enough that it can easily be replaced. Like a $500 PC. I am not concerned about the reliability of most of the hardware. It's the hard drive and the software that runs on it that worries me. I will obviously use a mature stable Asterisk release and the most stable Linux version which I won't bother naming just to keep the discussion focussed. Asterisk is pretty darn stable. I have other Asterisk installs that went well but they were in environments where there were IT people around who were prepared to deal with some Linux administration and I could provide ongoing support for more major things. That is not the case here. Some of those sites have been running for months untouched, some needed some updates and reboots for various issues. I don't think this customer would look very favorably on me having to come in and add patches or have to reboot once a month or whatever. So do it from home. And how often do you really need to upgrade a minimal read only flash based system with no dev tools running from RAM? Does the latest kernel really matter? Their expection is the same as they would have with any other phone system that mounts on the wall and just works for years. I think that is a reasonable expectation. Agreed. And if it breaks, you replace it quickly and at a low cost. I am looking at putting in an Epygi proprietary VoIP system in instead. It is mostly hardware based although apparently runs Linux. It has a GUI, is supposedly plug and play most of the time, and most importantly, does not use a Hard Drive. I have heard good things about them so for arguments sake, let's assume voice quality, features, and the enduser experience
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
Dinesh Nair wrote: is there a reason why wanpipe stopped working with asterisk ? My experience from yesterday shows that zaptel.c has been renamed to zaptel-base.c. This prevents the Sangoma Setup script from patching zaptel. The fix (Found by Googling) was to rename every instance of zaptel.c to zaptel-base.c in the Setup script. It can be viewed on bugs.digium.com number 9050 which is now closed. Thanks Andrew! You saved me hours of hair pulling! Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
On Saturday 24 February 2007 18:53, shadowym wrote: Hi there, Here is my dilema. I have a new small business customer that wants me to put in a VoIP phone system for them. Based on their requirements, I have determined that it needs to be a set it and forget it type of thing like a lot of small business proprietary systems. I've run Asterisk on Embedded versions of Hardened Gentoo without a harddrive, using a CD drive and a compact flash card. It's been running without any problems related to the setup for months. I've experienced a few problems with NTP servers becoming unavailable and a Uclibc bug when creating too many dial files in the spool directory at the same time, but apart from that it's rock stable. I've been running it on cheap Via Epia hardware so hardware problems will likely pop up at some time. -- Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (Jaervosz) ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
Agreed. Monitor yes.But why let the system run.. only to find out it is going to go down after being up for 100 days?Yes, it should be able to run continually with no issues, but unfortunately asterisk seems to have memory leaks. 1.2.6 is the only one we've found that will run and run and run. You may explore some other possibilities about stability beyond asterisk. The longest running install of asterisk that I have has been stable and successfully ran the pre-1.0 versions dating from September 2004 onward, most of the releases in the 1.0.x series, a couple of versions of CVS-head, and most of the 1.2.x releases. Across all these releases, I've been fortunate enough to not have come across any memory leaks. There have been memory leaks noted in mantis in various components of asterisk, I just never experienced any. There were two stability exceptions for this asterisk box: version 1.2.2 (which had a known fatal flaw, but not a memeory leak), and a version of CVS-head that I ran prior to the release of 1.2.0, and that problem was really a zaptel issue. The last time I rebooted that asterisk box, the uptime was listed at 369 days, and I only rebooted because I had migrated to a different OS to standardize the business on a different flavor of RedHat. I don't write these things so compete, or to doubt your experiences, I just want to show readers of this list that it is possible to run asterisk with a high degree of stability. - Noah ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
Dinesh Nair wrote: On 02/25/07 06:26 Darrick Hartman said the following: Kristian is working with Sangoma to get wanpipe supported once again in Asterisk. is there a reason why wanpipe stopped working with asterisk ? I meant with AstLinux. Sorry for any confusion. -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
On 02/25/07 22:16 Doug Lytle said the following: zaptel-base.c. This prevents the Sangoma Setup script from patching zaptel. The fix (Found by Googling) was to rename every instance of ok, the sangoma scripts on freebsd do not patch the zaptel-bsd source in any way, so this shouldn't affect those on *BSD. -- Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0) http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
On 02/25/07 22:16 Doug Lytle said the following: My experience from yesterday shows that zaptel.c has been renamed to zaptel-base.c. This prevents the Sangoma Setup script from patching zaptel. The fix (Found by Googling) was to rename every instance of ok, the sangoma scripts on freebsd do not patch the zaptel-bsd source in any way, so this shouldn't affect those on *BSD. -- Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0) http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
Hi there, Here is my dilema. I have a new small business customer that wants me to put in a VoIP phone system for them. Based on their requirements, I have determined that it needs to be a set it and forget it type of thing like a lot of small business proprietary systems. At the same time they would like to be able to do minor dial plan changes themselves so I have determine that a GUI like FreePBX or similar alternative (free or commercial) is appropriate. I have some concerns about using Asterisk for this. As much as I am in support of the whole Asterisk revolution, I just do not feel confident enough in Asterisk on a Hard Drive as a set it and forget it setup running month after month, year after year. I am hoping someone can convince me otherwise. I'm concerned about hard drive corruptions/failures, memory leaks, software bugs etc. I have the budget to buy good quality hardware so if I was to go with Asterisk I would go industrial grade fanless computer, power conditioned UPS etc. I am not concerned about the reliability of most of the hardware. It's the hard drive and the software that runs on it that worries me. I will obviously use a mature stable Asterisk release and the most stable Linux version which I won't bother naming just to keep the discussion focussed. I have other Asterisk installs that went well but they were in environments where there were IT people around who were prepared to deal with some Linux administration and I could provide ongoing support for more major things. That is not the case here. Some of those sites have been running for months untouched, some needed some updates and reboots for various issues. I don't think this customer would look very favorably on me having to come in and add patches or have to reboot once a month or whatever. Their expection is the same as they would have with any other phone system that mounts on the wall and just works for years. I think that is a reasonable expectation. I am looking at putting in an Epygi proprietary VoIP system in instead. It is mostly hardware based although apparently runs Linux. It has a GUI, is supposedly plug and play most of the time, and most importantly, does not use a Hard Drive. I have heard good things about them so for arguments sake, let's assume voice quality, features, and the enduser experience are approximately the same as using an Asterisk/Analog FXO Card/hardware echo cancel solution. Flexibility, scalability, upgradeability are non-issues because the requirements are fixed. The Eqygi will end up costing a few hundred dollars more but for arguments sake let's assume cost's are approximately the same. Astlinux would work except it does not currently meet some key requirements (GUI, Sangoma Analog card support). Otherwise it would be a GREAT distribution for set it and forget it running without a Hard Drive IMHO. Anyways, I am hoping I can get enough positive feedback about set it and forget it experiences to convince me to use Asterisk/FreePBX instead of a more proprietary VoIP solution. Either way I will be using the same SIP phones so that is a non-issue as well. Basic Requirements are as follows: Wall Mount *6 local network SIP extensions *4 remote SIP extension over ADSL or cable *4 incoming analog phone lines in a hunt group *features such as auto attendant, voicemail to email, forward to pager for after hours emergency etc. Nothing too special Any help, advice, experiences etc. would be greatly appreciated. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
shadowym wrote: Astlinux would work except it does not currently meet some key requirements (GUI, Sangoma Analog card support). Otherwise it would be a GREAT distribution for set it and forget it running without a Hard Drive IMHO. Kristian is working with Sangoma to get wanpipe supported once again in Asterisk. There have been some recent (last few days) changes in svn that indicate we are very close to having this working. Darrick -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
If the harddrive is the only thing you are concerned about... dont' be. Many proprietary phone systems use hard drives.Toshiba, Samsung, and Nortel to name a few run some of their features off hard drives. We had a Nortell system some years ago that ran the entire ACD system off a hard disk. Glad we got rid of that thing before the hard drive died! That was always a fear of mine... Now.. back to your issue. Setup a crontab to restart asterisk every night. Use a version of asterisk you know well (I like 1.2.6) and know is stable.Finally, setup RAID-5 on the hard drives. That way if one dies, you can still replace it without data loss. You aren't going to suffer corruption of anything, and if somehow you DO get corruption of a hard disk, I don't see why that couldn't happen to the flash of a fanless system, or a proprietary system. What the heck are you doing that you need fanless... and a system that can never have any maintence, anyway?Even a Nortel or Samsung may need maintence from time to time. On 2/24/07, shadowym [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Here is my dilema. I have a new small business customer that wants me to put in a VoIP phone system for them. Based on their requirements, I have determined that it needs to be a set it and forget it type of thing like a lot of small business proprietary systems. At the same time they would like to be able to do minor dial plan changes themselves so I have determine that a GUI like FreePBX or similar alternative (free or commercial) is appropriate. I have some concerns about using Asterisk for this. As much as I am in support of the whole Asterisk revolution, I just do not feel confident enough in Asterisk on a Hard Drive as a set it and forget it setup running month after month, year after year. I am hoping someone can convince me otherwise. I'm concerned about hard drive corruptions/failures, memory leaks, software bugs etc. I have the budget to buy good quality hardware so if I was to go with Asterisk I would go industrial grade fanless computer, power conditioned UPS etc. I am not concerned about the reliability of most of the hardware. It's the hard drive and the software that runs on it that worries me. I will obviously use a mature stable Asterisk release and the most stable Linux version which I won't bother naming just to keep the discussion focussed. I have other Asterisk installs that went well but they were in environments where there were IT people around who were prepared to deal with some Linux administration and I could provide ongoing support for more major things. That is not the case here. Some of those sites have been running for months untouched, some needed some updates and reboots for various issues. I don't think this customer would look very favorably on me having to come in and add patches or have to reboot once a month or whatever. Their expection is the same as they would have with any other phone system that mounts on the wall and just works for years. I think that is a reasonable expectation. I am looking at putting in an Epygi proprietary VoIP system in instead. It is mostly hardware based although apparently runs Linux. It has a GUI, is supposedly plug and play most of the time, and most importantly, does not use a Hard Drive. I have heard good things about them so for arguments sake, let's assume voice quality, features, and the enduser experience are approximately the same as using an Asterisk/Analog FXO Card/hardware echo cancel solution. Flexibility, scalability, upgradeability are non-issues because the requirements are fixed. The Eqygi will end up costing a few hundred dollars more but for arguments sake let's assume cost's are approximately the same. Astlinux would work except it does not currently meet some key requirements (GUI, Sangoma Analog card support). Otherwise it would be a GREAT distribution for set it and forget it running without a Hard Drive IMHO. Anyways, I am hoping I can get enough positive feedback about set it and forget it experiences to convince me to use Asterisk/FreePBX instead of a more proprietary VoIP solution. Either way I will be using the same SIP phones so that is a non-issue as well. Basic Requirements are as follows: Wall Mount *6 local network SIP extensions *4 remote SIP extension over ADSL or cable *4 incoming analog phone lines in a hunt group *features such as auto attendant, voicemail to email, forward to pager for after hours emergency etc. Nothing too special Any help, advice, experiences etc. would be greatly appreciated. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
On Saturday 24 February 2007 6:48 pm, Matt wrote: Now.. back to your issue. Setup a crontab to restart asterisk every night. Use a version of Nonsense. Set up proper monitoring of system resources (memory is only one resource you should be watching) and help the community out if you're detecting memory leaks. restarting every night is bad bad bad. asterisk you know well (I like 1.2.6) and know is stable.Finally, setup RAID-5 on the hard drives. That way if one dies, you can still replace it Again, nonsense. software RAID1 is more than adequate, but personally I far prefer to use CompactFlash. There's absolutely no reason to have three+ drives in small office PBX; Hell I'd be hard-pressed to justify two (RAID1) in such an install. -A. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
At 11:53 AM 2/24/2007, you wrote: Hi there, Here is my dilema. I have a new small business customer that wants me to put in a VoIP phone system for them. Based on their requirements, I have determined that it needs to be a set it and forget it type of thing like a lot of small business proprietary systems. There is no such thing as set and forget. Businesses change. They either grow or shrink, they don't stand still. They will add and remove phones. So they will call you at that time. Or are you expecting them to shop for their own phones on Ebay? At the same time they would like to be able to do minor dial plan changes themselves so I have determine that a GUI like FreePBX or similar alternative (free or commercial) is appropriate. We take a different approach. We don't want a GUI. We don't want the limits. We work with the business to design their dial plan. Then we write it. We do not give them a GUI because we don't want them making changes and then asking for support. We sell them a minor service agreement and remote in for any changes. We also handle professional voice recording and basic training on phone use. And we handle backups and service if needed. Once they understand that we can do that without a service call, they are quite receptive to the idea. Conventional PBXs come with service agreements so customers are used to that but surprised at the low cost from you. I have some concerns about using Asterisk for this. As much as I am in support of the whole Asterisk revolution, I just do not feel confident enough in Asterisk on a Hard Drive as a set it and forget it setup running month after month, year after year. I am hoping someone can convince me otherwise. Hard drives are reliable. But I have similar feelings so we are working on a flash solution. Were running it beta in our office right now. It only uses the hard drive for daily voicemail, boots from flash and runs from RAM. I'm concerned about hard drive corruptions/failures, memory leaks, software bugs etc. Conventional systems have bugs too. I have the budget to buy good quality hardware so if I was to go with Asterisk I would go industrial grade fanless computer, power conditioned UPS etc. You don't really need fanless. Make it cheap enough that it can easily be replaced. Like a $500 PC. I am not concerned about the reliability of most of the hardware. It's the hard drive and the software that runs on it that worries me. I will obviously use a mature stable Asterisk release and the most stable Linux version which I won't bother naming just to keep the discussion focussed. Asterisk is pretty darn stable. I have other Asterisk installs that went well but they were in environments where there were IT people around who were prepared to deal with some Linux administration and I could provide ongoing support for more major things. That is not the case here. Some of those sites have been running for months untouched, some needed some updates and reboots for various issues. I don't think this customer would look very favorably on me having to come in and add patches or have to reboot once a month or whatever. So do it from home. And how often do you really need to upgrade a minimal read only flash based system with no dev tools running from RAM? Does the latest kernel really matter? Their expection is the same as they would have with any other phone system that mounts on the wall and just works for years. I think that is a reasonable expectation. Agreed. And if it breaks, you replace it quickly and at a low cost. I am looking at putting in an Epygi proprietary VoIP system in instead. It is mostly hardware based although apparently runs Linux. It has a GUI, is supposedly plug and play most of the time, and most importantly, does not use a Hard Drive. I have heard good things about them so for arguments sake, let's assume voice quality, features, and the enduser experience are approximately the same as using an Asterisk/Analog FXO Card/hardware echo cancel solution. Flexibility, scalability, upgradeability are non-issues because the requirements are fixed. The Eqygi will end up costing a few hundred dollars more but for arguments sake let's assume cost's are approximately the same. Are you selling them service or passing them off to someone else? Who will set up and support Egypi? If you are servicing them then that is one more system that you have to learn, stock and support. If you don't stock it, can they afford to be down for a day or longer waiting for a replacement? Astlinux would work except it does not currently meet some key requirements (GUI, Sangoma Analog card support). Otherwise it would be a GREAT distribution for set it and forget it running without a Hard Drive IMHO. Anyways, I am hoping I can get enough positive feedback about set it and forget it experiences to convince me to use Asterisk/FreePBX instead of a
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
Agreed. Monitor yes.But why let the system run.. only to find out it is going to go down after being up for 100 days?Yes, it should be able to run continually with no issues, but unfortunately asterisk seems to have memory leaks. 1.2.6 is the only one we've found that will run and run and run. Our phone system we don't restart, but our voip switches restart nightly because we can't have them go down.. so a 'restart when convenient' once a day is protective. On 2/24/07, Andrew Kohlsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 24 February 2007 6:48 pm, Matt wrote: Now.. back to your issue. Setup a crontab to restart asterisk every night. Use a version of Nonsense. Set up proper monitoring of system resources (memory is only one resource you should be watching) and help the community out if you're detecting memory leaks. restarting every night is bad bad bad. asterisk you know well (I like 1.2.6) and know is stable.Finally, setup RAID-5 on the hard drives. That way if one dies, you can still replace it Again, nonsense. software RAID1 is more than adequate, but personally I far prefer to use CompactFlash. There's absolutely no reason to have three+ drives in small office PBX; Hell I'd be hard-pressed to justify two (RAID1) in such an install. -A. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] To use asterisk or proprietary hardware, that is the question
On 02/25/07 06:26 Darrick Hartman said the following: Kristian is working with Sangoma to get wanpipe supported once again in Asterisk. is there a reason why wanpipe stopped working with asterisk ? -- Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0) http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
