[Asterisk-Users] 5,000 concurrent calls system rollout question

[Damon Estep]

> > Ok, now lets go for 5000 of them. 160kbps*5000=800000kbps or 800mbps
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> > full duplex.
> >
> > Have you ever seen a NIC or switch that can run GigE full duplex at
80%
> > utilization and not at least start to fall apart?
> 
> additionally, 5000 simultaneous SIP calls at 20ms intervals will send,
> 
> 5,000 * 50 * 2 = 500,000 packets per second (full duplex).
> 
> not too many boxes can handle such packet load, in spite of the
relatively
> small packet sizes.
> 
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Don't forget to account for the fact that the calls would be bridged, so
each call is really 2! = 10,000 RTP streams.