1. Single server is not a requirement. If we have to use 10 servers, that would be ok, but I would like to use the most efficient number of servers possible.
2. Sky's the limit on the hardware. Dual quad-core zeons w/ 8GB of RAM is what I was thinking initially. HP Prolient DL series, running FC4. 3. 1000 calls will be talking. Individual conversations. 4. To lessen the load on the server, most of these calls will be using the same codec, and thus we will try our best to limit the amount of transcoding that is necessary. 5. Nothing else runs on the machine. It will be dedicated. We are want to build a private phone network to connect offices and users around the world using IAXy's and asterisk with servers in strategic locations that will be governed by a numbering plan. The initial goal is to be able to support 1,000 concurrent calls / box with two boxes at our home base, and distribute the IAXy's to an existing customer base who need to communicate with each other. Yours, Michael Munger, dCAP 404-438-2128 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Jerris Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:31 AM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Max concurrent calls? The full answer to this question greatly depends on quite a few factors, the most important being: Is a single server a hard requirement? What kind of hardware? What will these 1000 calls be doing? Will you be transcoding? If so, what protocols? What else will be running on the machine? All those questions aside, with proper hardware for your requirements, I would generally advise to keep individual instances of asterisk to around 200-250 calls. These numbers are anecdotal but somewhat supported if you search the list archives, or look at the number of calls that digium will support on business eddition. Given certain restrictions and proper hardware it would be possible to do 1000 calls on single box with multiple instances of asterisk. That being said, if you can describe your needs and requirements more fully, it is quite possible that a mixture of solutions (for example open ser and multiple asterisk instances) could even scale much larger than that on a single box, if for example your requirements do not require you to be in the media path for most of the calls. The biggest trick is to know clearly what your needs are, and segment in such a way that you can use the best tool for each job. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Munger > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 2:08 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: [asterisk-biz] Max concurrent calls? > > What's the max number of concurrent calls a single server can handle? > > I have a request for 1,000 concurrent calls. Can we load balance between > multiple servers? > > Yours, > Michael Munger > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
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