Multiple servers

cchhhhhoh · November 28, 2006, 4:43pm

Hi,

I have read a lot about asterisk dimensioning and asterisk@large.
Before doing it myself, I need an idea about how multiple servers do the job in one call center. E.g. Is it possible to maintain one “extensions.conf” for more than one server? and how?

Just a hint would be appreciated.

Thanks

dmikusa · November 29, 2006, 6:18pm

I use NFS to share a single extensions.conf file across several machines. It works great.

You could easily use SAMBA or any other file sharing protocol.

Dan

cchhhhhoh · November 30, 2006, 8:42am

Hi

Thanks for your reply.

Is it better than using IAX and having different extensions on each server?

dmikusa · November 30, 2006, 2:48pm

I’m sure there are pros and cons to each approach. I can only speak for this approach as I have not used the other approach.

The main two reasons I chose to share the extensions.conf file are that I only need to make changes in one place, and it adds redundancy, since all of the machines sharing the file are essentially clones of each other.

Dan