[Asterisk-biz] Forklift a 2000 phone PBX - 5000 calls up - WAY up

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> The test results you have published to date did not use "comparable
> hardware". You compared a box with 2 64-bit CPUs with 4MB of cache each
> against 2 32-bit CPUs with 512KB of cache each. Like all press releases
> and statistics, the results will be based on what you chose to compare
> :-) I suspect that a comparison against a dual Opteron box would prove
> very interesting to those looking for a 5,000 call solution...
I'm still confused. Is Paul handling (media and all, not just SIP
referring) 5000 calls on Asterisk? If so, on *any* kind of hardware,
that's impressive. If not, it's not impressive at all, on any kind of
hardware.

-alex