Sangoma Cards or FXS gateway for high port density setup (~ 160 fxs)
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
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@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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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@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@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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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@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@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@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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That's been our experience with AudioCodes as well. Configuration is a real pain but after that they just work. Darren Wiebe darren@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@gmail.com <mailto:grsingh750@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@freeswitch.org <mailto:msc@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@gmail.com <mailto:grsingh750@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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list >> FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org <mailto:FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org> >> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users >> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users >> http://www.freeswitch.org > > > _______________________________________________ > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list > FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org <mailto:FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org> > http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users > UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users > http://www.freeswitch.org > >
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Thanks for your inputs. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Darren Wiebe <darren@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@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@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@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@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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