[OpenSIPS-Users] CDRtool vs CGRATES for Opensips 2.2 +

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Thank you

El 05/03/2017 a las 06:32, DanB escribió:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Although it is a slippery ground, in order to have the question 
> answered, I can claim having experience with both systems (we used to 
> install CDRTool for customers and still have today installs running 
> since like 8 years without issues).
>
> CDRTool (CDR rating system):
>
>     * Written in php, works closely with db (eg: relies on it's query 
> speed with some caching for parts of the rates)
>
>     * Mature implementation, not much development changing the code 
> over the years (other than bug fixes).
>
>     * Simple rating definition and implementation.
>
>     * Web interface for rates management as well as CDRs.
>
>     * Designed around rating CDRs and maintaining account balance.
>
>
> CGRateS (OCS - online charging system):
>
>     * Written in Go, caches almost all information in process, 
> database agnostic (abstracts databases into interfaces), database 
> speed does not influence the speed of calculations, built on 
> micro-services with full asynchronous processing.
>
>     * Still in Release Candidate when it comes to architecture, 
> evolved a lot over the years, master should be always stable in terms 
> of functionality since it runs in production environments 
> (architecture part is not yet declared stable - you can expect it to 
> still evolve).
>
>     * Complex rating (rates voice calls, data streams, sms, etc) and 
> accounting (unlimited number of balances/bundles and failover between 
> them during a call).
>
>     * API (JSON) driven management (full set) with no official web 
> interface available yet.
>
>     * Additional functionality: fraud detection with automatic 
> mitigation (3 layers: accounts, CDR stats, resources usage), CDR 
> logging with support for interim records, QoS LCR and LCR over 
> bundels, real-time (complete in memory) call statistics with pattern 
> monitoring and triggers/web hooks towards external systems, derive 
> charging (session emulation - reseller/distributor scenarios, 
> customer/supplier parallel calculations), performance optimized (one 
> CGRateS instance should be able to handle 5k requests per second in 
> terms of rating calculations), built-in high availability for Diameter 
> setups.
>
>
> So these being said, it is all about the need vs price (time 
> investment) you are ready to pay for it by using one system or another 
> (considering both systems are opensource and you can extend yourself 
> in one way or another). If you don't have complex rating requirements 
> nor the need of increased CPS, I trust CDRTool will do the job just 
> fine since it did it for us over the years (you get the advantage as 
> said of simple management and architecture stability, quick learning 
> curve). CGRateS on the other hand should be there if you decide you 
> need more functionality/speed and you are also ready to offer it more 
> time and efforts.
>
>
> I hope this helps someone!
>
> DanB
>
>
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