7 server deployment questions

[Paul Kramer]

I've been using the single server Whistle deployment option via Winkstart and have observed various issues with default DB values which has prompted me to test the 7 server deployment due to it's production nature. DNS was a non issue with the single server deployment: I could simply establish a host record (replicating the Whistle realm I created for my account) to the server public IP address and freeswitch would handle the endpoint registration. From what I understand, the seven server deployment uses OpenSIPs on two separate servers for the SBC. Do I need to establish round robin DNS for these two servers only or do I need to make other servers accessible to endpoints via DNS? Are there any other factors that need to be considered similar to what I've mentioned above?

Cheers,

Paul

[Darren Schreiber]

It's up to you – you can either use the phones features for primary/secondary proxy for redundancy and to bounce between the two servers or you can use DNS or SRV… many options. Kind of a preference and based on your knowledge/capabilities of DNS. You could even forgo DNS altogether to skip one possible failure and hardcode IPs as the proxies on your phone but still use a DNS name in the register server name fields.

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[Paul Kramer]

Ok thanks for the advice Darren.