[Asterisk-Users] Voice conferencing server capacity

[Dovid Bender]

Please let us know how it turns out, if there are any
issues etc.


--- Richard OSS <oss_richard at rogers.com> wrote:

> Thank you very much. Will go ahead and build the
> system. Hope everything goes smoothly.
>    
>   richard
> 
> BJ Weschke <bweschke at gmail.com> wrote:
>   On 2/22/06, Richard OSS wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We are building a conference server using a Dell
> PE 2850 3GHz with 2G
> > memory.
> >
> > This conference server will be used to hold a
> large conference with 30-50
> > simultaneous users in a conference room. This
> large conference will take
> > place two days per week for 3 hours each day. When
> a large conference is
> > going on, no other conference room will be
> created.
> >
> > The rest of the week, several small conferences
> will take place (5-10
> > simultaneous users) using 5-10 conference rooms.
> >
> > Is the Dell PE 2850 3GHz with 2G memory up to the
> task? If not, will adding
> > another processor solve it?
> >
> > These entries from the dimensioning portion of the
> Wiki gives me hope that
> > id does
> >
>
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+dimensioning
> >
> > Capacity of MeetMe: With 28 persons on a Pentium
> II, 300MHz, 128 MB vmstat
> > shows 70% idle.
> > "I have anywhere from 15, to a peak max of 30
> traders all using the same
> > meetme conf during the day. My * is running on a
> old 4U 500Mhz machine (dual
> > board, one processor installed now). With the
> exception of of a few problems
> > from software sip phones, our implementation has
> been relatively problem
> > free.
> >
> > I just want to get more opinions from others
> especially those who have built
> > conferencing servers recently.
> >
> 
> Speaking from experience, I'd expect that this setup
> is more than
> adequate. You may want to disable hyperthreading
> though on the procs
> if you can. There really isn't an advantage to
> having it enabled as
> the "additional CPU" has no FPU.
> 
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