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Prepared by : Vivek Kapoor http://exain.com
Prepared on : 01 July 2010
PDF Version : Asterisk_Basics_Load_Balancing_DUNDi_Vivek_Kapoor
Purpose of this document
Asterisk is an open source PBX. Which means, you can setup your own little telephone exchange in your home/office environment. On a much larger usage, you may look forward to setting up a redundant phone setup wherein multiple boxes are interconnected with each other and provide some sort of failover capability and easier management, which is possible through something called DUNDi. This document aims to provide such a solution with a possibility of horizontal scaling instead of vertical scaling. So, this may mean that by using low-end commodity hardware, you can setup a strong telephone infrastructure which can cater to thousands of users.
Read the document carefully. Read it fully before you start implementing it. It is intentionally detailed so that you know what you’re doing.
Acknowledgements
All credit of this document goes to JR Richardson. I’m afraid I’ve not been able to find a suitable link for him, but his whitepapers and presentations are the ones which helped me move forward. And of course, Mark Spencer – the guy behind Asterisk. Without him this document wouldn’t have existed.
The writings by JR Richardson
- http://www.voip-info.org/storage/users/813/47813/images/1654/DUNDi_So_Easy.pdf
- http://atlaug.com/stuff/Presentations/Astricon06/JR_Richardson_Whitepaper.pdf
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