[Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it

[Michael Bielicki]

On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 15:47, Jeff McClure shaped the electrons to say:
> > a) do you have a preemtive kernel and low-latency scheduling
>
> I'm running a stock 2.4.20 kernel. You could call this my "production" box,
> so I'm hesitant to run development/customized kernels on it. If I'm able to
> split * out onto its own box, I will be much more willing to try
> optimizations like this (I'm thinking about using Gentoo so I can compile
> the entire system from the ground up with optimizations). Do you have a
> suggestion for a good kernel version to use for this?
>
> > b) have you tried (temporarily) removing any apps that may load the
> > system and still seen if the hiccups or other such symptoms are present
>
> Since this box provides so many services to me, it's inconvenient to strip
> it down like that, so I have not tried it yet. However, it's a good idea,
> so I'll try to create a "maintenance window" to try it out soon.
preemptive and low latency kills zaptel on shuttle machines. it really 
fdepends on your mobo if it will work with this patches and the zaptel 
drivers. We are using gentoo all over the place but some boxes need vanilla 
kernels :)

>
> > c) i've run a single X100P on a P1-100 and not had problems but it was a
> > while back
>
> *nod* I don't know what the load looks like for a single X100P versus my
> T100P with 3 active channels. I do know that the wct1xxp module itself
> seems to create a load that shows up in "top" as a system percentage of
> anything from next to 0% to occasional spikes of about 20%.
>
> Quoting wasim at convergence.com.pk:
> > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Jeff McClure wrote:
> > > The current sound quality is pretty good, but what I do hear are tiny
> > > little "hiccups" during GSM playback in voicemail. Again, I suspect
> > > what I'm hearing is the effect of the load on box spiking due to other
> > > processes. Does that sound reasonable?
> >
> > a) do you have a preemtive kernel and low-latency scheduling
> >
> > b) have you tried (temporarily) removing any apps that may load the
> > system and still seen if the hiccups or other such symptoms are present
> >
> > c) i've run a single X100P on a P1-100 and not had problems but it was a
> > while back
> >
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