[asterisk-users] Registrations, how many is too many?

[voiplist]

That only helps on the SIP side.. :(

Although it would help some..

Before we go making changes, we are really just trying to determine
what the cause is.



On 2/28/07, Steve Totaro <stevetotaro at hotmail.com> wrote:
> voiplist wrote:
> > Anyone have any idea if there is some sort of limitation to the number
> > of SIP or IAX end points which can register to an Asterisk system
> > (2.8Ghz dual processor, 2GB ram) while also handling 30-50
> > simultaneous calls without getting into trouble?
> >
> > Of course the 30-50 simultaneous calls end up being 60-100 channels of
> > mostly G711 VoIP.
> >
> > We have seen issues where our Asterisk just gets all crazy and SIP
> > quits working all together, to the point sometimes where we can't even
> > fix it with a restart.
> >
> > At one point we were using all realtime for IAX and SIP clients, then
> > we went to text files (more or less), still we are seeing this issue.
> >
> > When this happens we can't even do simple things with SIP like "sip
> > show peers" etc. because Asterisk just says that the application
> > doesn't exist.
> >
> > This has been a battle for a few months and we can't put our finger on
> > it. Can't seem to figure out when it's going to happen either which is
> > VERY tough on the nerves to say the least.
> >
> > This happens during peak times but also in the middle of the night
> > when call volume is slow to non existent.
> >
> > The only thing that's constant during both peak and non peak times is
> > the amount of registrations the system deals with.
> >
> > We have approx 1500-1800 end points registering to this particular
> > system at any one time. This is a split between IAX and SIP not sure
> > what the percentage of each is at the moment.
> >
> > It's been a long time since a problem has beat me/us and this one has
> > won so far.
> >
> > Any help in getting my sanity back would be REALLY appreciated.
> Time for SER?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
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