Asterisk Realtime is better for administration. Performance, IMHO is the same issue. I'm not lucky to made large implementations to test these.
Regards, -- Ing CIP. Alejandro Celi Mariátegui <a...@linux.org.pe> http://cipher.pe/web/nuestra-experiencia.html El vie, 25-05-2012 a las 07:06 -0700, bilal ghayyad escribió: > Hi John; > > For 20,000 users: Is it better to use Asterisk realtime configuration or to > use conf files? > > I readed the below link but did not understand which GUI that works with > asterisk realtime? > > http://www.freepbx.org/trac/wiki/AsteriskRealtime > > > Regards > Bilal > > ------------ > > > > > My question is: > > > > > > Is it really possible to have the asterisk > > configuration in the database server instead of having it in > > conf files? HOW? I am asking this because what I noticed in > > AsteriskNow and in A2Billing and Vicidial or Goautodial that > > whatever I do configuration in the GUI, then the > > configuration will be generated in the conf files, so > > Asterisk will read from the conf files and not from the > > database directly. Is it right or I am confused and there is > > something else? > > > > > > If there is a method to let the configuration to be > > taken from the database (and not from the configuration), > > then HOW? Because even in AsteriskNow, the configuration > > will be generated in a conf files. > > > > Hi Bilal, > > > > You want to look the Asterisk realtime configuration > > features if you > > want to run your configuration from a database rather than > > configuration > > files. > > > > This should point you in the right direction and get you > > started: > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+RealTime > > > > It should be noted that if you're wanting to use AsteriskNow > > (which > > relies on FreePBX for its gui configuration features), then > > Asterisk > > realtime configuration will not work as it is not compatible > > at this > > time. Other web gui's might work, but I am not > > familiar with them. > > FreePBX's sentiment on the subject is shared here: > > http://www.freepbx.org/trac/wiki/AsteriskRealtime > > > > -John > > > > On 05/24/2012 05:46 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote: > > > Thanks for all for the help and kindly reply. > > > > > > One last point that will help me alot: > > > > > > I am thinking to have 4 Servers running Asterisk and 2 > > Servers to be for database. The load to be distributed on > > the 4 Asterisk Servers with ability to be redundant (using > > any redundancy technique). The 4 Asterisk Servers to take > > the configuration from the Database Server and actually > > because there is 2 Database servers, then it will be > > redundant to each other (in case one database failed, the > > other will take over). > > > > > > My question is: > > > > > > Is it really possible to have the asterisk > > configuration in the database server instead of having it in > > conf files? HOW? I am asking this because what I noticed in > > AsteriskNow and in A2Billing and Vicidial or Goautodial that > > whatever I do configuration in the GUI, then the > > configuration will be generated in the conf files, so > > Asterisk will read from the conf files and not from the > > database directly. Is it right or I am confused and there is > > something else? > > > > > > If there is a method to let the configuration to be > > taken from the database (and not from the configuration), > > then HOW? Because even in AsteriskNow, the configuration > > will be generated in a conf files. > > > > > > Special thanks for the advise. > > > > > > Regards > > > Bilal > > > ------------- > > > > > >>> Hi All; > > >>> > > >>> I need to use Asterisk for 20 000 users, so > > which > > >> asterisk version to be used? Is there asterisk > > version that > > >> supports 20,000 users on one hardware machine? > > >>> Can I use one strong hardware server i7 with 64 > > GB RAM > > >> and fast hard desk to handle 20 000 users, and > > concurrent > > >> calls 2000? Or I need multiple servers, how much? > > >>> If I am going to use multiple servers (until > > now I do > > >> not know how much, and I do not know if the barrier > > will be > > >> the asterisk software or the hardware), then do I > > have to > > >> use special SIP proxy or I have to use load > > balancer)? In > > >> this case, I have to use asterisk Database (so all > > the > > >> servers will read/write from the database)? > > >>> What about AsteriskNow, can it support? > > >> AsteriskNOW is a GUI on top of Asterisk; it does > > not change > > >> the ability > > >> of the system to handle call load. > > >> > > >> Modern versions of Asterisk can easily handle > > 2,000 > > >> simultaneous calls, > > >> even with media (non-transcoded) passing through > > the server. > > >> We have a > > >> community member who has improved chan_sip in > > Asterisk 10 > > >> (and later) to > > >> be able to handle 10,000 simultaneous calls. > > >> > > >> Handling 20,000 registrations is probably more of a > > concern > > >> for Asterisk > > >> at this point; I've never heard of anyone > > attempting to > > >> handle that many > > >> on one system. > > >> > > >> In spite of all this, though, the other advice > > you've > > >> received in this > > >> thread is sound: even if a single system can handle > > the > > >> load, doing so > > >> is asking for a major problem if that system > > experiences a > > >> failure. > > >> You'd be much better off to at least split the load > > across > > >> two machines, > > >> both of which should be large enough to handle the > > entire > > >> load when > > >> necessary. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Kevin P. 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