On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Michael Welter wrote: > Does anyone know of an Asterisk system with 1000 SIP phones? I'm being > asked to propose an alternative to Cisco/Avaya/Nortel pricing, but I've > never contemplated a system this large. > > Should I consider a SER front end (to register the phones and for > inter-company calling) with an Asterisk back end (to provide the PSTN > interface)? Or would an Asterisk system handle 1000 phones? Ignoring > conference bridges, how should the system be sized? > > Until now, I've ignored the Linux clustering discussions on the list. > Should I consider a monolithic server or a distributed system with each > server having ~250 phones and a PSTN interface? > > The real scary part of this project is the necessity to upgrade the > wiring (both Cat3 and Cat5) in a very old (lath and plaster) building. > I've observed two-prong (no ground) electrical plugs, so I'm thinking a > PoE phone with PC jack at each work location. Or maybe a NetJack at > each location. That's not a big system. Out of 1000 phones, it is likely that only 50-100 will be active (i.e. number of concurrent calls). Asterisk can register 1000 phones without a big problem.
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