[OpenSER-Users] failover with openser

Cosimo Fadda cosimo.fadda at klarya.it
Sun Apr 13 19:55:14 CEST 2008


The DNS SRV records allow you to build a load-balanced system, i.e. you 
have two (o more) servers both working.
But your SIP clients have to support the DNS SRV in order to work properly.

Cosimo.

Robert McNaught ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
> I have heard that there are two main methods to allow failover with
> openser - you can use heartbeat, which I believe is where a secondary
> machine assumes the primary machines IP upon the primary not
> responding to a ping.  I understand the alternative is SRV records,
> which use DNS to failover when a machine goes down.
>
> What is the advantages/disadvantages of each?  What are people
> actually using in production with OpenSER?
>
> Can anyone offer some advice on this?
>
> TIA
>
> Robert
>
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