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

[guru singh]

Thanks for your inputs.

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Darren Wiebe <darren at aleph-com.net> wrote:
> That's been our experience with AudioCodes as well.  Configuration is a real
> pain but after that they just work.
>
> Darren Wiebe
> darren at aleph-com.net
>
> On 03/01/2011 1:45 PM, Michael Collins wrote:
>
> 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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