you can do it with a well setup cluster ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Adamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] asterisk with big number of extentions.
> > We are thinking of making network of about 25000 extension numbers. > > These extension will be SIP phones. Asterisk will be connected to some VoIP > > gateways through H323 which will allow to > > terminate calls. > > > > Can Asterisk handle such kind of load? > > No problem, as long as none of them make any calls. What you really wanted > to ask is, how many simultanous calls can a single * box handle, and that is > a function of exactly "how" you configure/engineer it: > 1) sip phones that have canreinvite=yes use * for call setup only > 2) sip phones that have canreinvite=no force the rtp traffic through * > consuming a greater amount of processing resources > 3) sip phones that are configured with different encoding (codec) schemes > are forced through some translations somewhere. Is that * in your case? > If so, see #2. > 4) some sip phones (or adapters) don't handle sip invites very well, and > must pass all rtp traffic through *. If you use those, see #2. > 5) some sip phones lurking behind NAT boxes require all rtp traffic to > pass through *. See #2. > > > Can it be done on one server? > > Probably not given the answer above. > > > What kind of server do we need for making it work? > > High reliability, fast processor, disk speed less important, high throughput > ethernet, and a good consultant or two to help. ;) See the wiki pages. > > To properly engineer "any" pbx, you will have to start with some reasonable > call/traffic statistics, and engineer around those numbers. Asterisk is no > different. > > Rich > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
