Media Server Redundancy and Load Balancing

The Media Server component is enhanced in MX-ONE 7.0 and later releases and now it supports:

Server Redundancy

The Service Node using Media Server now supports redundancy, i.e. a stand-by Service Node can have one or several Media Servers, which are also on stand-by, and can start up and take over in case of a change-over to the backup server.

Load Balancing

The Service Node and Media Server now support load balancing, i.e. that media resources can be seized in alter- native Media Servers (or in some cases also MGU), in case all involved end-points are IP-based, and thus not “locked” to a certain media gateway (as for TDM end points). The load sharing is both between Service Nodes and within one Service Node.