[asterisk-users] Asterisk Cluster

[Jeff Brower]

Adolphe-

> Thank you David. I was thing about the cisco solution
> but cost is the issue as I will so many DSP to for this
> amount of calls.

If you're not doing G729 or other LBR codec (or encryption, or echo can with long tail length, or other high level
requirement for RTP processing) then you should not need a DSP based solution; server based processing should be
sufficient.

-Jeff

> Adolphe Cher-aime
>  From my Iphone
>
> On May 19, 2010, at 4:23 PM, David Backeberg <dbackeberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Adolphe Cher-Aime <acheraime at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>> Hello  Everyone,
>>>                         I  must deploy an asterisk system that can
>>> support
>>> at least 500 pstn outbound calls.
>>> It's a challenge as  it's the first time i'm gonna build such a large
>>> system.
>>> I want to have your advice on hardware, software and so on . What i
>>> have in
>>> my plan is a cluster of servers with quad PRI cards.
>>> I will appreciate your advice.
>>
>> I don't know what you've done for your smaller deployments. Different
>> people have different opinions.
>>
>> My personal preference, if this is United States:
>>
>> DS3 -> Adtran channel bank, break out PRIs
>> PRIs -> multiple Cisco PRI->SIP appliances. A 3845 maxed out can do 24
>> PRIs. I recommend using two and splitting load for capacity /
>> failover.
>> Using pure SIP between the gateway appliances and at least two
>> asterisk boxes for flexibility and failover-ability.