Well, as far as Asterisk goes, you won't get 1000+ concurrent callers or 1000 MeetMe rooms on a single box. That is just not really possible, especially given the intensity of the audio mixing required to make MeetMe rooms happen. You would have to build your infrastructure in a distributed manner; set up x amount of conferences on several machines that are each only capable of having y users, and have a proxy or something of the sort route the calls to the machines based on that information. Or, have the conference rooms dynamically created according to need in a load-balanced manner.
I suppose it is also possible to bridge two conference bridges together, technically, by stimulating an Originate command that has a kickback to a MeetMe() cross-connect on the near end and the far end. This would theoretically allow you to have distributed conferences in which the members are on multiple servers. But I haven't tested how well this works / if it is desirable in any way whatsoever. Commercial solutions - there are lots of them, but they are all rather expensive if you wish to install them out of the box, and on-premises, and are difficult to work with and customise. If all you need is a conference bridge, you might want to consider purchasing it as a service from someone who already provides it on a very large scale, such as RainDance, etc., who I believe does it using TDM telephony gear. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > List, > > I'm putting together a conf bridge solution and the main requirement is, > > Must be scalable and out of the box be able to handle 1000 callers. > > Any advice on hardware and necessary bandwidth? > > Obviously looking to use asterisk but if there are better suited solutions it > would be appreciated. > > Thx, > > - mike > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
