[asterisk-users] Asterisk concurrent calls count

[John Signorello]

Steve Totaro wrote:
>> I'm not sure what your problem is with Digium.  They sell several machines
>> for which they publish very specific numbers as to how many users those
>> machines will support (the Switchvox appliances).  Note that these machines
>> are configurable only from the web interface, and they do not allow you to
>> install additional software.  In other words, when they give you a specific
>> machine, with a ton of those variables controlled, they can give you a number.
>>
>> Digium is under no obligation to give you numbers for your own hardware.
>> That's up to you (and you get to control your own set of variables).
>>
>> --
>> Tilghman
>>
>>     
>
> To prove that the the numbers are artificial for SwitchVox and profit driven:
>
> Boot your SwitchVox in single user mode.  Create an account with root
> privileges.  Login via SSH and you can install any software you want
> and have access to top and whatever else you care to use.  Switchvox
> is running Fedora Core 6 and Asterisk 1.2  just an FYI  ....
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
>
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Concurrent users is only valid if you can specify what all of the 
concurrent users are doing.

If you have 13 users engaged in phone conversations, you have a 
different load and system
dynamic versus 4 users in conversations and 9 users checking voice mail 
and perhaps recording
new greetings.

The artificiality arises when you use your "concurrent user" figures to 
portray your product as better
than the other guys without qualifying what the "concurrent users" are 
doing.

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