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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial'>I have made some load test, where an
Asterisk server was controlled to make a high number of calls to a FreeSWITCH,
which was registered on Asterisk. Each had its own server. The calls made to
the FreeSWITCH were answered and echoed. The CPU load on the FreeSWITCH server
approached 100 % at around 100 calls. Similar test with an Asterisk server
would show 2-3 times less CPU load. Looping back to the Asterisk, thus avoiding
a possible CPU-loading application (echo), did not show a significantly different
result.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial'>The test has been done on a CentOS 4
and a FC8 with similar result. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial'>Any hints about how to increase the
capacity to the level of several times the level of Asterisk &#8211; as reported
by others? Are we possibly dealing with some hardware issues related to the NIC
and its drivers. /Jon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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