I would venture to say "yes". However, you problem isn't going to be with handling the handsets but in the concurrent instances of transcoding.
Yoa will no doubt need to send calls to the Berofix in ULAW (G711) format and so if your Snoms are configured for that then you'll just pass them through as if acting like a router. If however you are having to convert from GSM to ULAW (making this up as I go along) then there will be a performance hit. This "hit" increases with the amount of concurrent calls. If you can use the same CODECs end-to-end then you'll cut down on processor consumption. AstLinux will behave more like a router than a PBX only getting involved when needed to set up the calls or put callers on hold etc. You should also look to install your sound files in all the relevant CODEC formats too for the above reasons. A while back I did some SiPP stress testing of AstLinux running on a NET4801 for a project I was doing. The results are here http://www.enicomms.com/asterisk-testing/astlinux042.html Granted this was with 0.4.2 and on lesser hardware but you should get the idea. Mark On 01/29/2010 06:28 AM, Tom Chadwin wrote: > I think we've finally got the money together to migrate our head office away > from our elderly Avaya system. Before committing to this, I thought I'd ask > the opinion of the list as to whether the planned replacement system will > cope. > > The existing system is an Avaya IP406 with around 50-60 analogue handsets, > connected to a single PRI which has 8 channels. The plan is to replace the > handsets with Snom 300s (initially around 45 of them), and use a net5501 > with Berofix and PRI module running Astlinux. In addition, the system will > have a dedicated ADSL line (832kb upstream) for IAX2 calls to and from our > other offices, which are already running Astlinux on net5501s. > > Will the net5501 handle that many handsets? The old system obviously only > had 8 channels for external calls, but there could be more than that with > the replacement, with the IAX2 calls over ADSL. There are obviously also the > calls within the building to take into consideration. > > Anyone able to offer an opinion? > > Many thanks as ever > > Tom > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
