The Asterisk Performance Project run by Joachim Vanheuverzwijn (zoa) aims to understand the performance and scalabilty one can expect from their Asterisk system. AsterTest attempts to make sense of what kinds of factors affect Asterisk performance including protocols, hardware and kernel configurations. The site contains a forum for the discussion of Asterisk performance testing and scaling, plus the PowerPoint presentation Joachim and Davy Van De Moere presented at Astricon Atlanta 2004.

The sites mission objectives include:
- measure & improve the codec performance, by finetuning compiler flags & using assembly optimizations.
- improve the complexity of the iax2 protocol.
- get rid or increase any hard limits found.
- provide compatibility information for all protocols and a lot of hardware out there.
- increase scalability & failover
- provide a standardized measurement / load generating / stress testing tool for asterisk.
- give information on how to convert audio formats to save on translation paths.
- anything you suggest....

The AsterTest site can be found at: