[asterisk-users] Re: Asterisk load testing

[Martin Joseph]

On 2006-08-14 15:24:29 -0700, "Nitin Gupta" <niting at gmail.com> said:

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> 
> Hi,
>  did anyone try do load-testing on asterisk, for sip channel calls?
> I want to have a rough estimate about - how many calls, an asterisk server,
> running on say dual 240 opteron with 1 GB memory, can handle?
> Also how much internet bandwidth does a typical call requires? I heard
> around 20Kbps with typical codecs, is that right?

This is a tired old question (heh).  It gets asked a lot, so looking 
through the archive will get you a ton of results.

The answer is, it depends.  Depends on your codec and what other 
function you expect the asterisk box to perform (ie recording calls).