[asterisk-users] call file concurrency

[Steve Edwards]

>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:39 AM
>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] call file concurrency
>>
>>> Is there a convenient way to limit the number of call files (outgoing
>>> directory) that are processed concurrently?
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Danny Nicholas top posted:
>>
>>> Some variant of the ulimit command would accomplish this but YMMV and
>>> "Caveat Emptor".

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Steve Edwards wrote:
>
> I think proposing to control the number of concurrently processed call
> files by inducing file descriptor exhaustion is about 32 days premature.
>
> Calls would fail at random and you may or may not be able to log in or
> even execute a command line depending on if you were currently exhausted
> at any particular instant.
>
> I think the OP is looking for some knob to turn in pbx_spool.c

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Danny Nicholas top posted:

> Agreed, but the OP seemed to be looking for a "command-line" solution, 
> not a "C" one.

The OP didn't specify what kind of solution they were looking for.

I wouldn't have considered introducing instability as a solution.

It seems a reasonable request. Maybe the OP would like to request a 
feature or offer a bounty?

Thanks in advance,
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