[asterisk-users] twenty thousands (20, 000) users, which asterisk and how many servers

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On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:16 PM, bilal ghayyad <bilmar_gh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear;
>
> So it is a hardware issue and not software?
> I am afraid that asterisk software it self is not able to support 20 000
> users and 2000 concurrent calls.
>
> About the high availability: is there a method that if the first asterisk
> server down, then the call will stay connected and failover to second
> asterisk server?
>
> Regards
> Bilal
>
> --------------
> >
> > 20.000 users is really a big number, as big as 2000
> > concurrent calls.
> > As previously stated on this list, it depends... it depends
> > by the type of
> > calls for example. If all media is offloaded from the server
> > letting the
> > phones to reinvite each other, than your server CAN support
> > the call
> > volume. If instead even a tiny portion of the call volume
> > uses service on
> > the pbx, like IVR, music on hold, conferences, queues or
> > even worst,
> > transcoding, then the server is obviously underpowered. From
> > my point of
> > view, servicing 20.000 users with a single piece of hardware
> > is highly
> > risky. It can broke in the middle of the day, leaving all
> > your users
> > without service. I think a better approach will be to have
> > more less
> > powered servers working all together to serving your users.
> > If a day one or
> > two of them broke, you have not to worry because the other
> > will continue to
> > serve your users and nobody notice the little decrease in
> > power.
> > There are a lots of way to achieve the high availability,
> > load sharing,
> > each with its pros and cons.
> > Right now I am building a pbx with high availability and
> > load sharing in
> > mind, for a client who wants to achieve numbers you have
> > just said. Let's
> > see how it works in few months.
> >
> > Leandro
> >
> > 2012/5/23 bilal ghayyad <bilmar_gh at yahoo.com>
> >
> > > Hi All;
> > >
> > > I need to use Asterisk for 20 000 users, so which
> > asterisk version to be
> > > used? Is there asterisk version that supports 20,000
> > users on one hardware
> > > machine?
> > >
> > > Can I use one strong hardware server i7 with 64 GB RAM
> > and fast hard desk
> > > to handle 20 000 users, and concurrent calls 2000? Or I
> > need multiple
> > > servers, how much?
> > >
> > > If I am going to use multiple servers (until now I do
> > not know how much,
> > > and I do not know if the barrier will be the asterisk
> > software or the
> > > hardware), then do I have to use special SIP proxy or I
> > have to use load
> > > balancer)? In this case, I have to use asterisk
> > Database (so all the
> > > servers will read/write from the database)?
> > >
> > > What about AsteriskNow, can it support?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Bilal
>
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Ali R. Taleghani
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