I've had the same experiences with systems I've put in production. No degradation in quality until the number of simultaneous calls gets well over 100 on a dual CPU machine.
On 11/2/05, Cullin J. Wible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We used to run a conference server on a PII 400Mhz with 512MB of RAM. We had > 2 separate conference rooms with 15 users each (30 simultaneous) calls with > no problem. > > We have since upgraded it to a P4 2.0Ghz with 1GB of RAM (just because it > was getting old) and it still works just fine with even higher call volumes. > > No degradation of quality either that we can see. > > Cullin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kanuri, Seshu > (Company IT) > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:51 PM > To: Iain Barker > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice > ConferenceServer > > Iain Barker Wrote: > ----------------- > >Our experience with over 10 or more participants > >in a single Asterisk conference was that quality > >degraded quite rapidly. > > Is this really true as there were many in this list > who had confirmed that they have used the conference > bridge for a lot more connections than what you have > Suggested as the upper limit. > > Logically the conference bridge should work at the > same capacity as the number of calls Asterisk can > handle in a given configuration. > > Though your solution looks impressive and probably is > the best for upto 30 simultaneous calls, I am more > interested in knowing what it takes for Asterisk to be > able to handle the 100 channels I need to run > Simultaneously. > > Seshu Kanuri > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Iain Barker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:41 PM > To: Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice Conference Server > > Seshu, > > Our experience with over 10 or more participants in a single Asterisk > conference was that quality degraded quite rapidly. > > The solution was a dedicated hardware bridge for conference mixing > > http://www.aastra.com/enterpriseip/pro_238.asp > > > > Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) wrote: > > > >I am working on a bid for a New York State requirement where we need to > > >provide access to 100 Simulataneous Investors to get into a conference > >with the Pension Funds Officer for discussions. > > > >As you might have guessed it, I am presenting an Asterisk enabled > >Conference solution. > > > >One of the Bid requirement is to provide three verifiable references > >who have implemented a similar voice conference solution for more or > >less 100 simultaneous calls, with a possible recording of the entire > call. > > > >If anyone has implemented this on a commercial scale, I am looking for > >referrals at this time, and a possible co-operation in future. > > > >I would appreciate if you can send me your name, contact Info, company > >name and a one para description of the solution and the name/type of > >client whom/where this solution is running at this time. > > > >A couple of minutes of your time is needed when the guys at Albany may > >like to speak to you for a confirmation that Asterisk is real and it > >can do the 100 people conference, what they are looking for. > > > > > > > > I do thousands of conferences a day using asterisk as the backend, most > are in the 5-50 user range, but many are in the 150+ range. (but, I use > app_conference, not app_meetme for them). > > I can give you my contact information off-list if you want it. > > -SteveK > -------------------------------------------------------- > > NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does > not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
