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

[Mike Taht]

On 4/10/06, Kristian Kielhofner <kris at krisk.org> wrote:
>
> 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.


Speaking of that it would be nice to be accumulating tests somewhere,
perhaps in test-this-branch or elsewhere?  Saw a test for analyzing
milliwatt go by recently....


> 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!
>
> --
> Kristian Kielhofner
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