[asterisk-dev] Spring is here :: Test the Asterisk Spring Collection 2006!

[Kristian Kielhofner]

Olle E Johansson wrote:
> Friends,
> 
> The spring has finally arrived to Sollentuna, where I live and have  my 
> garden. It's
> just a few miles north of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Spring to  
> me is preparation
> for another gardening season. Work I do now will hopefully result in  
> beautiful flowers
> a few months away - Fuchsias, Dahlias, Geraniums and other flowers.
> 
> The same applies for Asterisk development. Testing we do now will  
> result in a new
> beautiful product during the summer. The more testing we do before  
> release, the
> better product you will get. Testing is really important.
> 
> Yesterday, I implemented a test scenario described to me by Roy  Karlsbakk,
> a Norwegian friend and Asterisk user. I connected two PCs with Linux  
> and Asterisk.
> Placed one call from the console over SIP to the other server. That  
> server raised
> the extension with one and dialed back. My server raised the  extension 
> with one
> and dialed back - 200 times. One call going back and forward 200  times 
> before
> Allison started talking about weasels. Quite a lot of signalling.  Quite 
> a lot of files
> open. The freshly installed Ubuntu desktop ran out of file handles  and 
> a lot of
> interesting things happened. One server started sending re-invites,  which
> confused everything and I ended up with a big mess. A few patches  
> later, things
> started working as expected.
> 
> A simple test that hopefully improved the Asterisk 1.4 release a tiny  bit.
> 
> So what happens if I start adding codec translations? If I add a  third 
> server?
> With two or three small systems, you can cause a lot of havoc and stress
> test. Realtime on one server, two other servers that send  registrations 
> with
> one minute expiry and 200 calls each? 200 authenticated calls that rings
> for two secs, then hangs up and tries again?
> 
> We have things to do, tests to run.

Olle,

	Could you please detail the specific configuration of the Asterisk 
systems used in your test?  It would be nice to have a somewhat 
consistent test platform.

Thanks!

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Kristian Kielhofner