[asterisk-biz] Big PBX

[Alistair Cunningham]

Steve Totaro wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>> Enswitch does a set of database queries at the start and end of each 
>> call to:
>>
>> 1. Route the call, including things like caller and time of day routing.
>> 2. Decide whether the customer has enough credit, and how long to let 
>> the call run before cutting it off.
>> 3. Update the table of active calls.
>> 4. Write CDRs.
>> 5. Bill the call and update the customer's and any parent resellers' 
>> and/or affiliates' balances.
>> 6. Minor tasks such as updating busy lamps, etc.
>>
>> If calls are short, these tasks take up a larger fraction of the 
>> processor time, leaving less processor time available for mid-call 
>> tasks such as codec translation.
>>
> Sounds like you should be running your DB on another box and hitting it 
> with FastAGI.

Steve,

That's exactly what we do on all but the smallest Enswitch systems, but 
the FastAGI still uses processor time.

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