We supply an * server that can support as many users as you want, 5,000 is a small system.
Paul Paul Mahler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signate, LLC 665 Third Street Suite 100 San Francisco, CA 94107-1901 Asterisk Services and Training > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alistair Cunningham > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:01 AM > To: izo; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] High capacity voicemail > > Marcin, > > This depends enormously on the type of users. > > For 5000 users, I would normally recommend IBM's Unified Messaging > product. For business users on that, I normally recommend at least one > E1 per 2000 users as a starting point. For residential users, at least > one E1 per 5000 users. IBM-UM is voicemail with web and email interfaces > (which reduces traffic) and a lot of follow-me and operator services > (which increases traffic if you can't do release link transfers, and > reduces it if you can). Asterisk would be similar. > > If you can do release link transfers, then you can get more users per > trunk; in some scenarios up to double the number. The above figures > assume you can. > > The above figures are just a starting point; there is a good chance that > your users are not typical. For example, in some countries in Asia, you > can support many more business users - if callers hear a voicemail > greeting, they usually hang up immediately, and call the person's mobile > phone. You really need to do a pilot with a subset of users to gauge how > much they use the system, and what features they use. > > For 5000 users, I would also consider some form of redundancy and > automatic failover. 5000 angry users is not a pleasant sight! > > My company, Integrics Ltd, does consulting and installations of both > Asterisk and IBM-UM. If you'd like help planning and installing such > systems, drop me an email or give me a call. > > Alistair Cunningham, > Integrics Ltd, > Telephony, Database, Unix consulting worldwide > +44 (0)7870 699 479 > http://integrics.com/ > > > izo wrote: > > Hi, > > Does anybody has experience with high capacity PSTN voicemail and > > asterisk, running more then 5k mailboxes for PSTN users ? > > How many mailboxes can I serve with 4xE1 card if we assume that we > > have enough harddrive > > capacity. What would be server requirements. Would the CPU load be the > > same when storing > > voicemails in gsm format as compresing to gsm for ip calls ? > > Any hints would be greatly appreciated > > > > regards > > m. > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/2005 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/2005 _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users