S8300 Media Server
An S8300 Media Server is a blade that can be installed in a G700, G450, G350 or G250 Media Gateway to operate as a standalone system or as an LSP (Local Survivable Processor) in a remote Media Gateway connected to a central Media Server.
An S8300 stand alone system used in a G700 Gateway can also be configured with a second S8300 server as a backup processor in a Local Survivable Processor (LSP) mode.
A remote Media Gateway can be configured with an S8300 blade an appropriate software license to act as an LSP to maintain system operation in the event that the WAN connection to a centralised Media Server is lost. During normal operation of the system, an automatic process copies translation changes on the primary controller to the LSP to keep it in step so that the LSP is always current if a changeover occurs.
The S8300 Server/Gateway system can be configured with RAM disk whereby a portion of the S8300 memory is used as a disk partition. In the event of a hard disk failure, the S8300 Media Server uses only RAM disk to provide call processing for up to 72 hours. During this period, system administration and backups are prohibited. Also, Intuity Audix Messaging is unavailable during a hard disk failure, so secondary call coverage points for users should be administered, even with the RAM disk enabled.
The S8300 also contains an optional IA770 voicemail application.
S8500 Media Sever
The S8500 Media Sever server offers the flexibility and availability that growing companies need. With the full capabilities of Communication Manager software, the S8500 Media Server is scalable and can be used as a total converged stand-alone solution for a midsize enterprises. This leverages the distributed architecture benefits of a media server/media gateway configuration and provides a standards-based IP communications infrastructure without compromising applications, availability and flexibility.
The S8500 Server supports migrations from existing Definity Communications Server platforms (Prologix, G3si & G3R) and protects a significant portion of a customer's original investment. This enables enterprises to migrate to convergence at their own pace.
Designed to meet the goals of today's enterprises and government organisations, such as growing revenues, reducing costs and utilising resources more efficiently, Avaya Multi-Vantage Communications Applications and Communication Manager offer a welcome alternative to a total re-invention of voice and data networks. Now enterprises can leverage current investments in Avaya or others while migrating toward a fully converged network. They can build a fully converged network from the ground up with the peace of mind that the investments they make today won't have to be re-invented tomorrow.
A high-end telephony performance in a midsize server designed for either stand alone locations or as part of a distributed enterprise for 100 - 2,400 endpoints.
S8730 Media Server
With Communication Manager 5.0, Avaya has introduced the next generation of the S87xx series server. The S8730 Server will have the same capacities and functionality as the previous S8720 in an XL configuration. The performance of the S8730 with hardware duplication is on par with the S8720 with hardware duplication as measured in Busy Hour Call Completions. The S8730 Server is offered in two duplication configurations. The S8730 is sold with hardware duplication using the DAL2 duplication memory board.
The S8730 is also sold with software duplication, which uses a method of shadowing data between the active and standby processors in a system without specialized hardware. The entire server complex of the S8730 is duplicated. This increases overall system availability and minimizes the risk of one component causing a failure. The S8730 comes equipped with RAID level 11 controllers, but the default configuration ships with a single HDD in each server. The second RAID HDD will be an orderable option for the S8730. In addition, a second power supply will also be an orderable option for the S8730.