[Asterisk-Users] RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice ConferenceServer

[BJ Weschke]

 I've had the same experiences with systems I've put in production. No
degradation in quality until the number of simultaneous calls gets
well over 100 on a dual CPU machine.

On 11/2/05, Cullin J. Wible <cwible at algorim.com> wrote:
> We used to run a conference server on a PII 400Mhz with 512MB of RAM. We had
> 2 separate conference rooms with 15 users each (30 simultaneous) calls with
> no problem.
>
> We have since upgraded it to a P4 2.0Ghz with 1GB of RAM (just because it
> was getting old) and it still works just fine with even higher call volumes.
>
> No degradation of quality either that we can see.
>
> Cullin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kanuri, Seshu
> (Company IT)
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:51 PM
> To: Iain Barker
> Cc: Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice
> ConferenceServer
>
> Iain Barker Wrote:
> -----------------
> >Our experience with over 10 or more participants
> >in a single Asterisk conference was that quality
> >degraded quite rapidly.
>
> Is this really true as there were many in this list
> who had confirmed that they have used the conference
> bridge for a lot more connections than what you have
> Suggested as the upper limit.
>
> Logically the conference bridge should work at the
> same capacity as the number of calls Asterisk can
> handle in a given configuration.
>
> Though your solution looks impressive and probably is
> the best for upto 30 simultaneous calls, I am more
> interested in knowing what it takes for Asterisk to be
> able to handle the 100 channels I need to run
> Simultaneously.
>
> Seshu Kanuri
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Iain Barker [mailto:yoshac at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:41 PM
> To: Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT)
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice Conference Server
>
> Seshu,
>
> Our experience with over 10 or more participants in a single Asterisk
> conference was that quality degraded quite rapidly.
>
> The solution was a dedicated hardware bridge for conference mixing
>
> http://www.aastra.com/enterpriseip/pro_238.asp
>
>
>
> Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) wrote:
> >
> >I am working on a bid for a New York State requirement where we need to
>
> >provide access to 100 Simulataneous Investors to get into a conference
> >with the Pension Funds Officer for discussions.
> >
> >As you might have guessed it, I am presenting an Asterisk enabled
> >Conference solution.
> >
> >One of the Bid requirement is to provide three verifiable references
> >who have implemented a similar voice conference solution for more or
> >less 100 simultaneous calls, with a possible recording of the entire
> call.
> >
> >If anyone has implemented this on a commercial scale, I am looking for
> >referrals at this time, and a possible co-operation in future.
> >
> >I would appreciate if you can send me your name, contact Info, company
> >name and a one para description of the solution and the name/type of
> >client whom/where this solution is running at this time.
> >
> >A couple of minutes of your time is needed when the guys at Albany may
> >like to speak to you for a confirmation that Asterisk is real and it
> >can do the 100 people conference, what they are looking for.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I do thousands of conferences a day using asterisk as the backend, most
> are in the 5-50 user range, but many are in the 150+ range. (but, I use
> app_conference, not app_meetme for them).
>
> I can give you my contact information off-list if you want it.
>
> -SteveK
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender.  Sender does
> not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited.
> _______________________________________________
> --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com --
>
> Asterisk-Users mailing list
> Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com
> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>   http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>
> _______________________________________________
> --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com --
>
> Asterisk-Users mailing list
> Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com
> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>   http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>