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On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:16 PM, bilal ghayyad <bilmar...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear; > > So it is a hardware issue and not software? > I am afraid that asterisk software it self is not able to support 20 000 > users and 2000 concurrent calls. > > About the high availability: is there a method that if the first asterisk > server down, then the call will stay connected and failover to second > asterisk server? > > Regards > Bilal > > -------------- > > > > 20.000 users is really a big number, as big as 2000 > > concurrent calls. > > As previously stated on this list, it depends... it depends > > by the type of > > calls for example. If all media is offloaded from the server > > letting the > > phones to reinvite each other, than your server CAN support > > the call > > volume. If instead even a tiny portion of the call volume > > uses service on > > the pbx, like IVR, music on hold, conferences, queues or > > even worst, > > transcoding, then the server is obviously underpowered. From > > my point of > > view, servicing 20.000 users with a single piece of hardware > > is highly > > risky. It can broke in the middle of the day, leaving all > > your users > > without service. I think a better approach will be to have > > more less > > powered servers working all together to serving your users. > > If a day one or > > two of them broke, you have not to worry because the other > > will continue to > > serve your users and nobody notice the little decrease in > > power. > > There are a lots of way to achieve the high availability, > > load sharing, > > each with its pros and cons. > > Right now I am building a pbx with high availability and > > load sharing in > > mind, for a client who wants to achieve numbers you have > > just said. Let's > > see how it works in few months. > > > > Leandro > > > > 2012/5/23 bilal ghayyad <bilmar...@yahoo.com> > > > > > Hi All; > > > > > > I need to use Asterisk for 20 000 users, so which > > asterisk version to be > > > used? Is there asterisk version that supports 20,000 > > users on one hardware > > > machine? > > > > > > Can I use one strong hardware server i7 with 64 GB RAM > > and fast hard desk > > > to handle 20 000 users, and concurrent calls 2000? Or I > > need multiple > > > servers, how much? > > > > > > If I am going to use multiple servers (until now I do > > not know how much, > > > and I do not know if the barrier will be the asterisk > > software or the > > > hardware), then do I have to use special SIP proxy or I > > have to use load > > > balancer)? In this case, I have to use asterisk > > Database (so all the > > > servers will read/write from the database)? > > > > > > What about AsteriskNow, can it support? > > > > > > Regards > > > Bilal > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Regards, Ali R. Taleghani
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