Just to chime in a little. 2008 R2 it will kick ass, or of you are using an earlier version, of windows, at least use an x64 one. You can also use Win7 X64, and should get about the same results. FreeSWITCH will also run fine on windows as a Hyper-V virtual machine, with no timing or other issues.
 
Also the HA stuff works the same, at least on the FS side, and there is no reason that you couldn't write a simple module using mod_managed and C# to integrate to windows clustering. That will give you the IP address fallover from one system to the other builtin. You would just have to subscribe to the event for the cluster node becoming active, and issue the API command to restore the active calls.
 
I haven't tested that yet, but it's on my todo list.
 
--Dave

From: Albert Nguyen [mailto:albert_nguyen16@hotmail.com]
To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org
Sent: Sun, 27 May 2012 06:15:35 -0700
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] What is the different between FS linux and MS windows version

Hi Peter,

Thanks very much for your info. I'll put it on win 2008 R2.

Regards,

Al

> From: peter.olsson@visionutveckling.se
> To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org
> Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 13:05:03 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] What is the different between FS linux and MS windows version
>
> Hit "send" to soon... :)
>
> What I meant to say last was that I recommend using Windows 2008 R2, or at least Windows 2008. Microsoft has improved their timing in the kernel, starting with these kernels (and also Vista / Windows 7).
>
> /Peter
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> Ämne: RE: [Freeswitch-users] What is the different between FS linux and MS windows version
>
> I would say it's more or less the same (FS build natively on both platforms).
>
> I'm using it on both platforms, and it's been working perfect on both. There is a bigger user base on Linux I guess (if that's important), and if you want to run HA-setups, you would need Linux to setup Kamailio etc.
>
> If you're running Windows, I recommend
>
>
>
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> Skickat: den 27 maj 2012 13:47
> Till: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org
> Ämne: [Freeswitch-users] What is the different between FS linux and MS windows version
>
> Hi
>
> I have installed a FS windows version on a DELL R210 server running windows 2003 server. Is there any different between the FS windows and linux version in term of capability and performance?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Al
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