[Freeswitch-users] Auto test FS install - now necessary?

[guru singh]

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org> wrote:

>
> This depends greatly on your scenario. Personally, I think that anyone who
> puts FS into production (i.e. in a place where it helps one make money)
> should *ALWAYS* have a backup/sandbox/test system for handling updates. If
> you are in a mission-critical scenario then it probably means that once you
> get it working you don't touch it unless you absolutely have to. That's
> where your test system comes in to play. Ideally you have the exact same
> hardware on your test system that you do in production. Then your test
> system can double as a warm standby.

Thanks for the advice, and also the awesome work you guys are doing. :)
I, for one am more than happy with the 'latest is the best' philosophy.

> Just my $.02, but I think that commodity hardware being so cheap these days
> that there's no excuse for a for-profit venture using FS (or any other
> software, for that matter) not to have a test system for mission-critical
> servers.

Hmmm, someday!

-guru