[Users] RE: [Serusers] openser /ser

Iqbal iqbal at gigo.co.uk
Thu Jul 21 17:45:51 CEST 2005


and are there any under the hood changes in openser, in terms of 
performance etc

Iqbal

Lucas Aimaretto wrote:

> HI there .... well, it seems that you went far beyond than I did :)
>  
> I'm willing to try openser just for the sake of trying it. As I said, 
> I only installed it but have not configured it yet. Did you notice any 
> improvements with openser that ser did not provide ?
>  
> Now I'm running ser 0.9.0 ... I'm willing to try openser 0.9.5. The 
> change, is worth the trouble?
>  
> About mediaproxy, I said that Openser did not supported it, because I 
> did not see mediaproxy at the modules list of openser.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Lucas
>
>     -----Mensaje original-----
>     *De:* Kanakatti M. Subramanya [mailto:mahesh at aptela.com]
>     *Enviado el:* Jueves, 21 de Julio de 2005 11:59 a.m.
>     *Para:* Lucas Aimaretto
>     *CC:* 'Iqbal'; serusers at iptel.org; users at openser.org
>     *Asunto:* Re: [Users] RE: [Serusers] openser /ser
>
>     Hmmm
>     We're running openser in production and its pretty darn stable (now)
>
>
>     Couple of things in no particular order
>     a) Openser does support mediaproxy, which is not surprising since
>     the first release is (basically) a repackaging of ser 0.9.3
>     b) The database structure has changed slightly.  I spent some time
>     working on a migration script to move stuff.  Basically, you have
>     two options
>         - Leave everything in the existing databases, and just modify
>     the tables appropriately (location and aliases need a new column. 
>     look at the faq)
>         - set up the new databases using 'openser_mysql.sh', and
>     dump/restore your ser data into it (use mysqldump, and hand edit
>     the dump file.  Note that you'll need to modify your ser.cfg to
>     point at the new stuff)
>         - ok, i lied.  there is a third way.  I regenerated all our
>     data using our provisioning scripts.  it was a good opportunity to
>     sanitize/clean our data.
>     c) Openser will be keeping up with some of the more recent
>     developments - avpops, acc, uac, just to name a few.  If you need
>     these, you really don't have much of a choice ;-)
>     d) Stability is an issue (for me, at least).  I'd recommend
>     commenting out -DF_MALLOC and uncommenting -DDBG_QMALLOC in
>     Makefile.defs.  It worked like a charm for me
>
>
>     cheers
>
>     Lucas Aimaretto wrote:
>
>>>I am looking at upgrading soon, and am looking both at ser 
>>>and openser, without wanting to open a can of worms, what is 
>>>better, the features look pretty much the same, not sure if 
>>>there are any changes to the underlying code, in terms of 
>>>speed etc etc.
>>>
>>>I like some of the features in the roadmap of ser, if anyone 
>>>has migrated from ser to openser, and has any pointers let me 
>>>know, would be nice to be able to go back and forth, between 
>>>them both, but I dont think openser cfg is compatible down to 
>>>some features.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>I'm facing the same situation. Up to what I've seen, Openser does not
>>support the mediaproxy module. It has some nice features regarding NAT
>>with the use of the rtpproxy module. I have not upgraded yet, but I'll
>>give openser a try. By now, I only installed it, but have not yet
>>configured it. I'll tell you in a couple of days.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Lucas
>>
>>  
>>
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