SBC limitations

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Those of you using 3cx in the cloud and using an SBC locally, what are the numbers of extensions you are putting behind the SBC? Any users with multiple SBCs at the same site? What number of extensions do you run per SBC?

Reason for the questions is to get a feel for what is working and what is not.
I recently move an onsite 3cx v15 to the cloud and installed a fresh Debian 9 SBC (virtualized) locally for about 30 extensions with 4 blf keys per extension.

We get intermittent audio drops from both internal <> internal and external <> internal calls. After 30-45 seconds the audio drops out but call still shows connected. Firewall checker passes. All phones on supported firmware and stock template.

Provided pcaps and support of examples to support. They came back with the sbc is dropping the audio but for unknown reasons. Asked me to add another sbc and move some phones to the other sbc. I added a Windows sbc and moved about 10-15 phones to it and it seems to have resolved the issue for a week. However just today I noticed another internal to internal call dropped audio while still showing as an active call in the system. This occurred twice between 4 different extensions.

Two extensions on the same local sbc
Two extensions on differnet sbcs but on the same lan

Support is asking me to again move all phones back to one sbcand capture another pcap and support, which is not ideal to do since I have to put the pbx in verbose and reboot, put both sbcs in verbose and reboot, and run ongoing pcaps across them. The problem is intermittent however happens often enough to be an issue during production hours.
 
You didn't mention the specs of the SBCs although I assume that's not an issue you talked to support and didn't mention it but it would be a good reference. I'm using a Pi 3 for 9 phones with 3 Shared Parking slots on each phone and no issues.
 
I have 11 phones on Pi3. Though rarely more than one phone in use at once.
No problem with the audio but calls originated from Snom phones drop a connection 30 seconds into call. Even if it's a call to echo test service. I have not tried non-Snom phones but IOS app and windows phone work fine.
 
Sorry I guess I should add I'm using pretty much all Yealink phones, 1 Polycom IP 5000 and a Grandstream ATA
 
SBC is a fresh install of Debian 9 on a HyperV host with 4GB of RAM and 2 virtual processors. All Yealink phones.
 
Phones and SBC on a separate VLAN/segment? Your SBC specs seem to be plenty for what you are doing.
 
Phones are on the same vlan as the sbc. With the exceptions of two remote extensions configured to use the sbc over a site to site vpn. The issue happens to all phones, internal to internal on the same lan, internal to internal across the vpn, internal to external, and external in.
 
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