[Asterisk-Users] RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice ConferenceServer

[BJ Weschke]

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On 11/2/05, Tom Hayden <haydenth at msu.edu> wrote:
> Can I ask what kind of trunking you are using for the calls? Zap/SIP/IAX?
>
> --
> Tom
>
> On 11/2/05, Cullin J. Wible <cwible at algorim.com> wrote:
> > We used to run a conference server on a PII 400Mhz with 512MB of RAM. We had
> > 2 separate conference rooms with 15 users each (30 simultaneous) calls with
> > no problem.
> >
> > We have since upgraded it to a P4 2.0Ghz with 1GB of RAM (just because it
> > was getting old) and it still works just fine with even higher call volumes.
> >
> > No degradation of quality either that we can see.
> >
> > Cullin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kanuri, Seshu
> > (Company IT)
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:51 PM
> > To: Iain Barker
> > Cc: Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice
> > ConferenceServer
> >
> > Iain Barker Wrote:
> > -----------------
> > >Our experience with over 10 or more participants
> > >in a single Asterisk conference was that quality
> > >degraded quite rapidly.
> >
> > Is this really true as there were many in this list
> > who had confirmed that they have used the conference
> > bridge for a lot more connections than what you have
> > Suggested as the upper limit.
> >
> > Logically the conference bridge should work at the
> > same capacity as the number of calls Asterisk can
> > handle in a given configuration.
> >
> > Though your solution looks impressive and probably is
> > the best for upto 30 simultaneous calls, I am more
> > interested in knowing what it takes for Asterisk to be
> > able to handle the 100 channels I need to run
> > Simultaneously.
> >
> > Seshu Kanuri
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Iain Barker [mailto:yoshac at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:41 PM
> > To: Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT)
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice Conference Server
> >
> > Seshu,
> >
> > Our experience with over 10 or more participants in a single Asterisk
> > conference was that quality degraded quite rapidly.
> >
> > The solution was a dedicated hardware bridge for conference mixing
> >
> > http://www.aastra.com/enterpriseip/pro_238.asp
> >
> >
> >
> > Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) wrote:
> > >
> > >I am working on a bid for a New York State requirement where we need to
> >
> > >provide access to 100 Simulataneous Investors to get into a conference
> > >with the Pension Funds Officer for discussions.
> > >
> > >As you might have guessed it, I am presenting an Asterisk enabled
> > >Conference solution.
> > >
> > >One of the Bid requirement is to provide three verifiable references
> > >who have implemented a similar voice conference solution for more or
> > >less 100 simultaneous calls, with a possible recording of the entire
> > call.
> > >
> > >If anyone has implemented this on a commercial scale, I am looking for
> > >referrals at this time, and a possible co-operation in future.
> > >
> > >I would appreciate if you can send me your name, contact Info, company
> > >name and a one para description of the solution and the name/type of
> > >client whom/where this solution is running at this time.
> > >
> > >A couple of minutes of your time is needed when the guys at Albany may
> > >like to speak to you for a confirmation that Asterisk is real and it
> > >can do the 100 people conference, what they are looking for.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I do thousands of conferences a day using asterisk as the backend, most
> > are in the 5-50 user range, but many are in the 150+ range. (but, I use
> > app_conference, not app_meetme for them).
> >
> > I can give you my contact information off-list if you want it.
> >
> > -SteveK
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