On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 02:02:18PM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:
> Asterisk benchmarking is one of the topics that comes up on the list
> frequently and consistently for what, like the last six years (that I
> have been involved with Asterisk)? I would call that a "Salt
> Boulder".
>
> On the wiki there is a long page dedicated to dimensioning. I know
> beyond a shadow of a doubt that people really are very interested in
> the numbers.
>
> If Digium won't supply benchmarking, then let's have a 3rd party throw
> down the gauntlet.
>
> Digium vs Sangoma on stock kernels and stock machines with identical
> call load, apps, transcoding. No optimization, just stock, and see at
> what load we hit a breaking point.
What stock kernel?
No optimizations? (-O0? )
No optimized glibc either?
>
> Then Asterisk vs FreeSwitch on similar apps pushing them to the
> breaking point as well.
I'd say that in both cases a competent benchmarketeer would be able to
suggest tests that will provide results proving "his" side s the clear
winner.
>
> Nothing but pure numbers.
Sure.
/dev/random also gives me pure numbers :-)
Please suggest a test environment if you think it is so easy to come up
with one.
Frankly I'd say that marketing battles are not the best place to start
working on a good benchmark. Everyone will be tainted and suspected.
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