search for: timeslicing

Hi, I'm coming up with ideas about building a cluster of asterisk servers, and am exploring the virtualization option. I'm curious to know some real-world data about how many extensions a VMWare install on good hardware could support. I've seen stories about how the hypervisor timeslicing can wreak havoc on call quality at some point. Is this really the case? If so, what's a feasible extension limit? 20? 50? 100? Any information would be great. Thanks. -- James

I''m a developer working on an application that will potentially be used by around 500,000 users on a daily basis. Plus some internal apps communicating to it via ActionWebServices with a potentially high demand. Our Operations team is helping us define the necessary system architecture, and I have one remaining question: What is the best way to scale the database? I have no expertise in