[Freeswitch-users] Sangoma Cards or FXS gateway for high port density setup (~ 160 fxs)

[Michael Collins]

AudioCodes are indeed beastly to configure, so be sure to save your config
once you get it working. :) My only experience with an audiocodes was that
it was a pain to get it working but once it worked it seemed to be okay. It
wasn't my box so I can't speak to the long-term viability of the AudioCodes.

-MC

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:39 PM, guru singh <grsingh750 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes it is a hotel install. Not that I'm hooking up one, but I met
> somebody who's a 'system architect' and has been putting proprietary
> systems for clients for a while. He got interested and asked me for a
> hardware sizing so to speak, if I was to do it my way.
> For HA, having a standby machine seems more than sufficient. For ~160
> fxs, I think  gateways (Audiocodes MP124?) would be a better idea.
> It'll save me doing the transcoding on the FS box as well. I hear the
> MP124 is a beast to configure, but works just fine.
>
> -guru
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:43 AM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org>
> wrote:
> > What is the application for 160 FXS ports? Are you hooking up a hotel or
> > something? I would think the application would determine what level of HA
> > you need. In some cases having a warm standby on site would be
> sufficient.
> > In the case of a failure of box 1 you could have someone go to the switch
> > room and fire up box 2. This works in cases where a minute or two of
> > downtime would be inconvenient but not a show-stopper.
> > -MC
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:25 AM, guru singh <grsingh750 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Happy New Year!
> >>
> >> What would you recommend for a solution that requires ~160 fxs ports?
> >> Should I get a Sangoma A200, in fact 7 of them and put them on to my
> >> server or look for other products like Audiocodes/Patton fxs gateways
> >> etc?
> >> If I choose Sangoma cards, then I don't think I can set up a HA
> >> scenario since, all fxs ports will be on the FS box itself.
> >> But from what I've read people have horrible things to say about most
> >> gateway devices. They are prone to failure and the support is also
> >> very lax.
> >> So what good would be HA anyway, if one of these gateways fails and
> >> knocks 32 fxs ports off!
> >> Also I see that Sangoma is actively involved with the FreeSwitch
> >> project and digging through the mailing lists, I could see great
> >> support as well.
> >> Is it advisable to have 6-7 cards with 12 fxs modules each on my FS
> >> server?
> >>
> >> Any suggestions/pointers/heads-up would be really appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> guru
> >>
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