[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk capacity

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vincent nguyen wrote:

> Hi,
> I am really interested in the true capacity that Asterisk can handle.
> What is the maximum number of users that can be handled by Asterisk on 
> a standard 2.4G P4 IBM server or similar? Anyone has a clue?
>
This type of question is often asked and there is no answer..

Every server is configured differently, in that it may use only analog 
channels, it may use only VoIP channels or it may be a combination.. 
then there are the choices of cedecs, some will use a lot of processing 
power and little bandwidth and others will use far less processing power 
and more bandwidth..

Finally you have to look at the call volume.. If you have 10 000 people 
who make a total of 100 calls per day between them then a relatively 
small server will be fine.. If you have 1000 people who spend all day on 
the phone then you may have to look at some fairly powerful hardware..

So unfortunately this is not a question that is easily answered..

A while back someone was putting together a list of configurations that 
people were using and was going to publish it but it never got published 
I'm afraid..

Later..