[asterisk-users] MeetMe Limits

[Steve Totaro]

Matt,

Could you share the CPU usage, memory, and load average in the
scenario you describe?  What type of ULAW channels
(SIP,DAHDI,IAX....), or does it not matter?

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Matt Florell <astmattf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We routinely run meetme with over 140 ULAW channels connected to 70
> meetme rooms with no issues on an Intel Core 2 Quad core CPU.
>
> The major factor in capacity would be your CPU and RAM capacity. If
> you have at least a base-level P4 you don't need to worry about 12
> participants.
>
> MATT---
>
> On 6/8/08, Adrian Marsh <Adrian.Marsh at ubiquisys.com> wrote:
>> I've got to agree.. I've never given it much thought either...
>>
>>  All of my calls are SIP/IAX based, coming in from the PSTN from a peer
>>  like that too..
>>
>>  I've never tracked the total number of conference users... But I'll bet
>>  we've hit at least 10.. And I've never seen the CPU go above 10%.. And
>>  that's on a really low powered (2Ghz, 1Gb ram, Dell 745) box.  But it
>>  will be setup-specific.. So I would look at your CPU and memory stats,
>>  and run some tests and monitor that..
>>
>>
>>  A.
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>>  [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of John
>>  covici
>>  Sent: 08 June 2008 16:34
>>  To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>>  Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] MeetMe Limits
>>
>>  12 people is nothing -- I do 20 regularly -- however you may want to
>>  have them come in as muted or tell them to mute themselves, because the
>>  latency can cause very severe echoes if they are on a speaker phone or
>>  cell phone.
>>
>>  on Sunday 06/08/2008 Sam(asterisk at net153.net) wrote  > Actually I think
>>  they will all be calling in using regular pstn phones  > and cell
>>  phones.
>>   >
>>   > Sam
>>   >
>>   > Al Baker wrote:
>>   > > The 2 big questions are:
>>   > > -Are all participants using QoS end to end ?
>>   > >
>>   > > -Are all of them using the SAME CODEC. As the amount of Transcoding
>>  goes up,  > > the work on the * box goes up and can be a problem.
>>   > >
>>   > > Sam wrote:
>>   > >> I am thinking about using my asterisk server to host a conference
>>  with  > >> about 12 other people from around the USA.  Bandwidth issues
>>  aside, will  > >> this work or will all the different latencies cause
>>  issues?  Yea I know,  > >> I could just "try it and find out" but it is
>>  going to take alot of time  > >> to get everyones schedule to line up, I
>>  don't want to go through the  > >> trouble if I will just be
>>  disappointed.
>>   > >>
>>   > >> Thanks,
>>   > >>
>>   > >> Sam
>>   > >>
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