asterisk users - Jul 2004 - Asterisk for a large scale implementation

I am looking at Asterisk for a large scale implementation. I was
wondering if anyone had any experience (that's code for nice things or
not so nice things to say about it) with Asterisk for 50k plus users. 

Feel free to reply to me directly or back to this list (if it's
appropriate. I'm not sure what the proper netiquette is). 

Thanks in advance... 

Harry

Harry Schechter wrote:
>I am looking at Asterisk for a large scale implementation. I was
>wondering if anyone had any experience (that's code for nice things or
>not so nice things to say about it) with Asterisk for 50k plus users. 
>  
>
I don't have 50k users, but I can say that it's definitely possible with
Asterisk; however, you'll need a lot of planning -- it will certainly be 
a measure-twice-cut-once proposition :-). You're going to need to learn 
about database-based config files, IAX trunking, affinity-based load 
balancing, and likely what a good consultant charges :-). Look for the 
thread "Asterisk on 64bit" from a while back for some of my ideas for
a
large-scale implementation and some interesting counterpoints to those 
ideas.

We can probably help you more if you can give us more details. Are you 
planning on IP phones or analog stations? Will you be doing PSTN 
termination? With a VoIP or traditional carrier? The more details you 
can provide, the better.
>Feel free to reply to me directly or back to this list (if it's
>appropriate. I'm not sure what the proper netiquette is). 
>  
>
Please report to the list or Wiki what your experiences are, whatever 
they may be. A lot of people have speculated on what it would take to do 
a massive implementation, but nobody has really proved us right or wrong.

Nick

Nicholas Bachmann wrote: 
>We can probably help you more if you can give us more details. Are you 
>planning on IP phones or analog stations? Will you be doing PSTN 
>termination? With a VoIP or traditional carrier? The more details you 
>can provide, the better.
Perhaps the best way to describe this implementation is to compare it to
something already out there: think Vonage or AT&T CallVantage. There are
major differences in our target audience, but the application would
function similarly (I recognize there are pieces that need to be written
in order to do ALL the functionality, but I'm more interested in the
architecture at this point).

Is there a good place to find Asterisk consultants?

In the mean time, I'll take a look at "Asterisk on 64 bit". Thanks
for
the tip.

Harry

On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 09:55, Harry Schechter wrote:
> Nicholas Bachmann wrote: 
> 
> Is there a good place to find Asterisk consultants?
There is a list here -->
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+consultants

-Seth

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Seth Remington
SaberLogic, LLC
661-B Weber Drive
Wadsworth, Ohio 44281
Phone: (330)335-6442
Fax: (330)336-8559

> Is there a good place to find Asterisk consultants?
There is an asterisk-biz mailing list.

Nick