[Serusers] Server Capacity

[Waldo Rubinstein]

On Aug 10, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Jiri Kuthan wrote:

> At 01:12 PM 8/10/2005, Waldo Rubinstein wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the prompt response.
>>
>> Then where can I find some real-life experiences with SER and its
>> capacities?
>>
>
> Measure it.
>
> Seriously, the configuration and usage patterns are so different
> that it is difficult to generate a rule of thumb.
>
> 1k users is so little, that it can be accomodated on an antique box.

This pretty much answers my initial concern.

Thanks,
Waldo

>
> -jiri
>
>
>> How do I know how much horsepower I need if I wanted to
>> offer PBX-like features to, say, 1000 users?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Waldo
>>
>> On Aug 10, 2005, at 7:09 AM, Jiri Kuthan wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The measurement refers to bare signaling capacity without any
>>> features. (not even persistence)
>>>
>>> -jiri
>>>
>>> At 01:04 PM 8/10/2005, Waldo Rubinstein wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm new to SER and was reading the admin guide and came across  
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> "With a $3000 dual-CPU PC, the SIP Express Router is able to  
>>>> power IP
>>>> telephony services in an area as large as the Bay Area during peak
>>>> hours."
>>>>
>>>> My question about this, is what is this measuring? For example,  
>>>> is it
>>>> only measuring SIP registrations? Maybe the same SER server is
>>>> connected to a few IPTSPs and SER is acting as both a registrar  
>>>> and a
>>>> proxy server? May be all of the above, while still allowing  
>>>> every UA
>>>> registered in the server to talk to one another? Maybe it's also
>>>> providing some more advanced features like voicemail to all  
>>>> those Bay
>>>> Area users?
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please clarify this for me?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Waldo
>>>>
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