I agree that there are many things to look at when thinking about VOIP. We
install what we think fits best.
I will say that VOIP is being installed more often now and is not excluded
on any project. VOIP is the future though.
Even Nortel is trying to push it on us.
"Nortec in MN" <Nortel_at_Frontier-deletethistoreply-Net.net> wrote in message
news:6CR5c.154$FV6.9_at_news02.roc.ny...
> Many IT people simply don't know any better. Many of us also jump on the
> VoIP bandwagon without having a clue as to why. There are a lot of
> misinformation regarding the "benifits" of VoIP and the best application
of
> the technology (where appropriate and cost effective).
>
> "DPGumby" <majorr_gowenn_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:opQ5c.6639$Eb6.200827_at_news20.bellglobal.com...
> > People need to stop pushing Cisco cause its the only product they know
> too.
> >
> >
> > "Arcaidy" <Arcaidy_at_mailcity.commmm> wrote in message
> > news:2tD5c.34414$Zp.10159_at_fed1read07...
> > > Like you said, it depends on set up
> > >
> > > You can set up multiple tftp servers with mirror images from the
> > publisher.
> > > You can do the same thing with the directory and services. If you want
> to
> > > really get into it you can set up multiple servers behind a load
> balancer.
> > > You can put in as much redundancy as you want on top of whats there by
> > > default.
> > >
> > > The Call Manager application is stable and works well. People need to
> stop
> > > hating it because it's Cisco.
> > >
> > >
> > > <chris_at_nospam.com> wrote in message
> > > news:o11d50titg90dk848j9ediro8ld6f3c26b_at_4ax.com...
> > > > On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:13:32 -0600, "Louis Marascio" <louis at no
spam
> > > > dot louismarascio dot com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Even if this was a major problem, thats why CallManager has fairly
> > > > >robust clustering support.
> > > > >
> > > > >Louis
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Referring to CM as clustering is a serious misnomer. If your
primary
> > > > dies, the phones will fail-over to a secondary (or third), but some
> > > > functions will no longer work. For example corporate directory,
music
> > > > on hold, etc. Depends on your setup, but the point is that not all
of
> > > > the phones functions have fail-over if the server providing that
> > > > function dies.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -Chris
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Mar 17 2004 - 13:20:53 PST