A thread on running 5000 simultaneous cllas ran on this list recently and it did generate a lot of heat. You might want to look it up the archives - but make sure you read as many posts on it as possible because lots of different opinions formulated over time.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vic > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:07 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] transferring 3000 SIP calls > > Hi, all, > > we are building a forwarding station in Japan where we > would be receiving and forwarding over 3000 SIP calls at > the same time. > > The calls will be offered to us via a carrier as SIP and > we will forward the call via the same carrier as SIP. > > The callflow would look like this: > > 1. SIP call come in > 2. System will authenticate the call based on the number > 3. Check the billing information and if it is ok, forward > the call to another number (as SIP) > 4. If call is not ok, system will connect the call to IVR > for an announcement and touch-tone input > > We are thinking about using Asterisk for this. > How big of a system should it be? > > Can we use one linux box for this (and another for backup) > or will it be something humangously huge? > > Thanks, > Vic > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
