[asterisk-biz] Routing large call volumes (400 concurrent calls+)

[Edgar Guadamuz]

I would recommend distribute the E1 across at least four servers,
allowing load balance and failover. It may be necessary SER/OpenSER
and probably other set of servers as Voicemail or other applications.

-Edgar



On 9/20/07, Mitul Limbani <mitul at enterux.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
>
> Quoting Chris Bagnall <chris at minotaur.it>:
>
> > Greetings list,
> >
> > I've recently been approached by a traditional PSTN LCR provider who
> > are trying to break into the VoIP market and set themselves up. They
> > have good contacts with some of the large carriers here in the UK who
> > are happy to install interconnects into the datacentre in which they
> > have rackspace.
> >
> > They're in a tricky position: they won't be generating anywhere near
> > enough volume to justify one of the big Cisco gateways (or similar),
> > but they will have sufficient volume to make PRI cards in asterisk
> > servers rather inefficient.
> >
> > Initially the main carrier offered to install 16 E1s as a starting
> > point for them, but:
> > a) as their call volume increases, having lots of E1 ports and cables
> > seems incredibly inefficient compared to an E3 or TDMoE.
> > b) I can't help but feel asterisk might not be the most appropriate
> > solution for something of this scale
>
> I believe you can put up 16 E1s on to a single server and which runs asterisk.
> If you require any assistance on that front, do contact us.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Mitul Limbani,
> Founder & CEO,
> Enterux Solutions,
> The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
> www.enterux.com
>
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