asterisk users - Jun 2005 - -HEAD/--STABLE using 100% cpu

Hello,

I've been doing some testing lately on Asterisk.  I've had some problems
with it using 100% cpu at times.  One time, it held the 100% cpu usage
for 12 seconds.

I've tried the latest -head and -stable as of yesterday.  I saw Kevin
just made a commit, so I'll try updating again.

I was wondering if there is a specific version that someone has done
heavy testing on (handling at least 40 concurrent calls) that has been
working out well for them.  I would really like to hear from Matt at
Vici Marketing (I believe is the name).

I'm running Linux 2.6.11.11.  I've also tested on FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE.

I'm not using any timing, music on hold, anything extra. For testing,
all I'm doing is making a call, playing a sound file, and doing a
one-line database update about 3 times during the call.  I have
converted the sound file to ulaw so it does not transcode.

If anyone has some hints, I would appreciate it.


Thanks,

Kevin Bockman

On 6/14/05, Kevin Bockman <ml@neoninternet.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been doing some testing lately on Asterisk.  I've had some
problems
> with it using 100% cpu at times.  One time, it held the 100% cpu usage
> for 12 seconds.
Are you sure it's asterisk using the cpu?  Sounds like mpg123 to me.  
If it is mpg123, use madplayer instead and that will solve your
problems.  There are instructions on the wiki on how to configure it.

Chris

> > I've been doing some testing lately on Asterisk.  I've had
some problems
> > with it using 100% cpu at times.  One time, it held the 100% cpu usage
> > for 12 seconds.
> 
> Are you sure it's asterisk using the cpu?  Sounds like mpg123 to me.  
> If it is mpg123, use madplayer instead and that will solve your
> problems.  There are instructions on the wiki on how to configure it.
> 
All I can do is assume at the moment.  I am not using music on hold. 
mpg123 is not installed.

Kevin