SipX Overview, Deployment & Architecture
From SIPfoundry sipx, The Open Source SIP PBX for Linux - Calivia
| sipX Overview | sipX is an IP PBX, but it's much more than that. We call it an ECS (Enterprise Communications Server). Yes, it handles voice & video. But our vision goes far beyond that: Real-time communications should be like email - A global interoperable system that allows for the exchange of real-time information of any kind (voice, video, IM, collaboration). A system based on presence throughout. A system based on SIP URI addresses that over time will replace PSTN phone numbers. |
| sipX Features | SIP still lacks features. - Wrong! SIP has mostly caught up and sipX delivers everything you will need for a production system. True, some features are phone dependent and that's why we emphasize interoperability testing and certification with as many end points as possible. |
| sipX Deployments | Are you a user of sipX? Have it deployed at work or at home? This space is for you to share your setup and experience. What worked and what did not? What did you like about sipX and what should be improved? Maybe you used Asterisk before and would like to share what you learned. |
| sipX Architecture | We think that technical architecture really matters! Don't you too? That's why we have built a distributed, and therefore resilient and scalable SIP proxy infrastructure for call control. The upcoming addition of high-availability (redundant distributed system with instant fail-over) in release 3.2 was only possible because of earlier architectural choices made by the team. We further want full integration into an existing IT infrastructure, Web Services interfaces (SOAP), XML-based data structures, and full SIP standards compliance. We further think that media and SIP signalling should not have to go through the same box or even along the same path and we therefore implemented a SIP proxy infrastructure - as you should. There is lot's more that could be said, but look for yourself: |
| On-Going Development | Development is fierce and furious! We have made significant progress over the last 12 months. Our largest (known) production deployment has now exceeded 1,500 seats on one (!) system. We aim for more frequent releases and would like to know your list of features or functionality still missing. Please add them to the list below. |
