Asterisk Background performance test

Goal - to run at least 700 calls on this server.

Hardware

• Local LAN with 100mb cheap DLink switch
• Laptop to initiate calls over sipp
• Tested server:

HP Proliant DL160 G5 E5405
1 x Quad Core Xeon 2Ghz
2 Gb RAM
Asterisk 1.4.18.1
Centos 5.2

Asterisk configuration

For test standard /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/tt-monkeys.gsm from HDD (not from RAM) was used.

sip.conf

[general]
context=playback_test
;rtptimeout=60  
;rtpholdtimeout=300

[1000]
type = friend
host = dynamic
username = 1000
secret = 1000
nat = no
context = playback_test
disallow = all
allow = alaw

extensions.conf

[playback_test]
exten => _X.,1,Answer
exten => _X.,2,Background(tt-monkeys)
exten => _X.,3,Goto(2)

sipp

./sipp -inf users.csv -sf uac_gsm.xml -i 192.168.0.130 -s 123 192.168.0.191

File:Uac gsm.xml <-- uac_gsm.xml file