[asterisk-users] asterisk server stress test

Markus Weiler
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:23:05 -0000

Am 19.08.2015 um 19:07 schrieb Steve Edwards:
> Please don't top post.
>
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, James Cass wrote:
>
>> Steve, would you be willing to share that "quick bash
script"?
>
> There's no magic in the script, but here it is, embarrassing myself:
>
>         cp sample-call-file /tmp/
>         chmod +x /tmp/sample-call-file
>         for     I in $(seq 1 $1)
>                 do
>                 sudo -u asterisk\
>                         cp /tmp/sample-call-file\
>                         /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/${RANDOM}
>                 done
>     sleep 10
>
> Here's what's wrong with this snippet:
>
> 1) I don't know why I chmod the 'template.' No idea whatsoever.
> Alcohol may have been involved.
>
> 2) I hate single character variable names. I love alcohol.
>
> 3) cp is ill advised. For a testing script, it was easy. For a
> production application, use mv.
>
> In use, I would execute it specifying how many call files to create,
> like 50. Then, take a look at top, iftop, and vmstat. Lather, rinse,
> repeat to get to your goal.
>

We started the 500 calls and used milliwatt app on the first and record
on the second host to check the quality. Alternatively just start 500+
calls and call yourself on top. So you can get a good idea how the
quality is.

Call-Files are explained on
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+auto-dial+out

Markus