Asterisk cloud installation load testing eng
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Is it real to get an IP PBX installation for as little as 8 Euro a month? Yes, when using cloud platform. But surprising result we’ve got in out testing is that Asterisk installed on smallest virtual server VQ7 of Hetzner (1 virtual CPU, 512 MB RAM, 20GB HDD), 8 Euro/ month, can stand the load of 70 concurrent users
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Asterisk cloud installation load testing eng
- 1. IP PBX Asterisk ® cloud installation load testing Evgeny Anvaer, Vladimir Dudchenko, Dmitry Komov SoftBCom, Ltd. (www.softbcom.ru) 12.04.2014
- 2. IP PBX Asterisk ® cloud installation load testing: the task and results • Is it real to get an IP PBX installation for as little as 8 Euro a month? Yes, when using cloud platform. But surprising result we’ve got in out testing is that Asterisk installed on smallest virtual server VQ7 of Hetzner (1 virtual CPU, 512 MB RAM, 20GB HDD), 8 Euro/ month, can stand the load of 70 concurrent users. • We successfully use such an installation for a few months. But our load test outlined below confirms the fantastic throughput level of such an installation.
- 3. Testing methodology Below is the usual scheme of IP PBX load creation: Definitely, it is an embarrassing to generate more than 20 concurrent calls in such a way, using manual dialing.
- 4. Real load testing approach For load generation the Wombat Dialer™ system (http://wombatdialer.com/) was used. It was kindly presented us by Swiss company Loway. Wombat Dialer is designed for automated ringing round big number of customers.
- 5. The load generation and measurements The calls from local Asterisk on the scheme above were forwarded to the tested Asterisk server, which was making connections, and then playing back music into the line. Tested server recorded all the calls. The number of concurrent test calls was set in Wombat Dialer. The number of concurrent calls Peak CPU usage in tested asterisk Peak RAM usage in tested asterisk Quality of hearing 10 10% 4,3% Excellent 20 19% 4,6% Excellent 30 26,9% 4,7% Excellent 40 35,2% 5% Excellent 50 43,2% 5,3% Excellent 70 59,1% 5,8% Excellent 90 76,7% 6,5% Excellent 100 76,7% 9,9% Good 105 79,4% 9,4% Noticeable distortions 126 81,4% 9,5% Hard distortions
- 6. CPU load dependency from the concurrent calls number 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 As the CPU load level was permanently varying, only maximum values achieved in the 2 minutes interval (duration of testing session) were included into the measurements results. In repeated testing sessions the deviation of the values was in the range of 5% – 10%
- 7. The conclusion: the cloud Asterisk installation can stand about 70 concurrent calls • In direct measurements cloud installation of IP PBX Asterisk demonstrated capability to serve up to 90 -100 concurrent calls. • Considering influence of systematic errors (in our case the tested Asterisk didn’t make outbound calls) and accidental dispersion of registered values it is necessary to apply margin level of approximately 25%-30%. • The result: the load limit in reality should be set at the level of somewhat 70 concurrent calls. • Definitely this result is only a kind of estimation, and shouldn’t be treated as a “firm” recommendation. • For the cases when the planned load level of production system exceeds half of upper limit outlined above we would propose setting a CPU load monitoring with alerting for threshold of 60 -70% or so - for real load control.