[Asterisk-Dev] Hardware for handling large call volume

[James Courtier-Dutton]

Sudhir Kumar wrote:
> I would like to hear from any of you who has done any kind of
> benchmarking on a robust hardware that can handle large call volume,
> preferably with G.729 codec involved. 
> 
> We are in the process of putting together a system that should have a
> quad E1 card, G.729 and/or iLBC codecs. The test scenario we are
> interested in:
> 	1. keeping all E1 lines saturated (SIP<->PSTN), 
>     and 2. as many SIP to SIP calls as possible. 
> 
> I will share our experience with this group.
> 
> We would greatly benefit from any recommendation you can give us about
> the hardware we should use. Mark, Jeremy, Steven, .... anyone.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- sudhir
> 

That sort of setup will need a lot of CPU power.
I would suggest using special hardware with a DSP for each DSO.
E.g. CiscoAS5300 or Lucent/Ascend MAX, or any other hardware that uses a 
DSP for each channel.

Cheers
James