[asterisk-biz] Spec advice

[Steve Totaro]

http://www.mail-archive.com/asterisk-users@lists.digium.com/msg199936.html

Depending on your configuration, such as codec translation, TDM, etc
will determine the amount of servers required.  I would think you
could probably get it done with three good servers doing strictly SIP
with same codec.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Alex Balashov
<abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote:
> Well, as far as Asterisk goes, you won't get 1000+ concurrent callers or
>  1000 MeetMe rooms on a single box.  That is just not really possible,
>  especially given the intensity of the audio mixing required to make
>  MeetMe rooms happen.  You would have to build your infrastructure in a
>  distributed manner;  set up x amount of conferences on several machines
>  that are each only capable of having y users, and have a proxy or
>  something of the sort route the calls to the machines based on that
>  information.  Or, have the conference rooms dynamically created
>  according to need in a load-balanced manner.
>
>  I suppose it is also possible to bridge two conference bridges together,
>  technically, by stimulating an Originate command that has a kickback to
>  a MeetMe() cross-connect on the near end and the far end.  This would
>  theoretically allow you to have distributed conferences in which the
>  members are on multiple servers.  But I haven't tested how well this
>  works / if it is desirable in any way whatsoever.
>
>  Commercial solutions - there are lots of them, but they are all rather
>  expensive if you wish to install them out of the box, and on-premises,
>  and are difficult to work with and customise.  If all you need is a
>  conference bridge, you might want to consider purchasing it as a service
>  from someone who already provides it on a very large scale, such as
>  RainDance, etc., who I believe does it using TDM telephony gear.
>
>
>
>  mroberts1818 at gmail.com wrote:
>  > List,
>  >
>  > I'm putting together a conf bridge solution and the main requirement is,
>  >
>  > Must be scalable and out of the box be able to handle 1000 callers.
>  >
>  > Any advice on hardware and necessary bandwidth?
>  >
>  > Obviously looking to use asterisk but if there are better suited solutions it would be appreciated.
>  >
>  > Thx,
>  >
>  > - mike
>  >
>  > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>  >
>  >
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