Any IRQ or duplex problem with your NIC? Any collisions or errors? 

I have had similar results to others here in that conferences with
50-100 users are just fine even on fairly outdated hardware. 

-Jonathan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BJ Weschke
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 5:20 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a
> VoiceConferenceServer
> 
>  SIP
> 
> On 11/2/05, Tom Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can I ask what kind of trunking you are using for the calls?
> Zap/SIP/IAX?
> >
> > --
> > Tom
> >
> > On 11/2/05, Cullin J. Wible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > We used to run a conference server on a PII 400Mhz with 512MB of
RAM.
> We had
> > > 2 separate conference rooms with 15 users each (30 simultaneous)
calls
> with
> > > no problem.
> > >
> > > We have since upgraded it to a P4 2.0Ghz with 1GB of RAM (just
because
> it
> > > was getting old) and it still works just fine with even higher
call
> volumes.
> > >
> > > No degradation of quality either that we can see.
> > >
> > > Cullin
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Kanuri,
> Seshu
> > > (Company IT)
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:51 PM
> > > To: Iain Barker
> > > Cc: Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com
> > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice
> > > ConferenceServer
> > >
> > > Iain Barker Wrote:
> > > -----------------
> > > >Our experience with over 10 or more participants
> > > >in a single Asterisk conference was that quality
> > > >degraded quite rapidly.
> > >
> > > Is this really true as there were many in this list
> > > who had confirmed that they have used the conference
> > > bridge for a lot more connections than what you have
> > > Suggested as the upper limit.
> > >
> > > Logically the conference bridge should work at the
> > > same capacity as the number of calls Asterisk can
> > > handle in a given configuration.
> > >
> > > Though your solution looks impressive and probably is
> > > the best for upto 30 simultaneous calls, I am more
> > > interested in knowing what it takes for Asterisk to be
> > > able to handle the 100 channels I need to run
> > > Simultaneously.
> > >
> > > Seshu Kanuri
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Iain Barker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:41 PM
> > > To: Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT)
> > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk as a Voice Conference Server
> > >
> > > Seshu,
> > >
> > > Our experience with over 10 or more participants in a single
Asterisk
> > > conference was that quality degraded quite rapidly.
> > >
> > > The solution was a dedicated hardware bridge for conference mixing
> > >
> > > http://www.aastra.com/enterpriseip/pro_238.asp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) wrote:
> > > >
> > > >I am working on a bid for a New York State requirement where we
need
> to
> > >
> > > >provide access to 100 Simulataneous Investors to get into a
> conference
> > > >with the Pension Funds Officer for discussions.
> > > >
> > > >As you might have guessed it, I am presenting an Asterisk enabled
> > > >Conference solution.
> > > >
> > > >One of the Bid requirement is to provide three verifiable
references
> > > >who have implemented a similar voice conference solution for more
or
> > > >less 100 simultaneous calls, with a possible recording of the
entire
> > > call.
> > > >
> > > >If anyone has implemented this on a commercial scale, I am
looking
> for
> > > >referrals at this time, and a possible co-operation in future.
> > > >
> > > >I would appreciate if you can send me your name, contact Info,
> company
> > > >name and a one para description of the solution and the name/type
of
> > > >client whom/where this solution is running at this time.
> > > >
> > > >A couple of minutes of your time is needed when the guys at
Albany
> may
> > > >like to speak to you for a confirmation that Asterisk is real and
it
> > > >can do the 100 people conference, what they are looking for.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > I do thousands of conferences a day using asterisk as the backend,
> most
> > > are in the 5-50 user range, but many are in the 150+ range. (but,
I
> use
> > > app_conference, not app_meetme for them).
> > >
> > > I can give you my contact information off-list if you want it.
> > >
> > > -SteveK
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