[Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it

[Andre Bierwirth]

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Andre

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Sizemore" <james at deny.org>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it


> What does "-p" do?
>
> Mark Spencer wrote:
>
> >You can try using the "-p" option to Asterisk.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Jeff McClure wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Good points. This system currently does not use any SIP or IAX channels
(or
> >>any other form of VoIP) and only deals with 1 call at a time (the single
> >>FXO channel is the only link to the outside). At some point, I may add
an
> >>IAX link to a friend's * box, but I really don't see this setup ever
having
> >>to deal with more than 2 concurrent calls (one over IAX, possibly with
GSM,
> >>the other using just the Zaptel channels with no compression at all).
> >>Oh...and voicemail uses GSM, of course.
> >>
> >>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?
> >>
> >>Maybe that extra level of detail can help some folks form opinions about
> >>required CPU horsepower.
> >>
> >>--On Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:43 AM +0000 "WipeOut ."
> >><wipeout at linuxmail.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi Jeff..
> >>>
> >>>What you are asking is a little bit of a grey area because there are a
> >>>number of factors that will affect how well you system will perform..
> >>>things like the average number of concurrent calls?, are you using
VoIP?,
> >>>what codecs are you using for the SIP of IAX channels? and no doubt a
few
> >>>others..
> >>>
> >>>But here is my experience.. I am using a PII-400 and with 2 concurrent
> >>>VoIP calls using G.711 codec the processor barely registers anything..
So
> >>>I should thing that this system should handle 10-15 concurrent calls...
> >>>If I used the GSM codec for example I an sure this number would drop
> >>>significantly..
> >>>
> >>>Hope that helps..
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi folks,
> >>>>
> >>>>Right now I'm running * along with a lot of other apps on my firewall
> >>>>box,  which is a P-II 400 with 192MB of RAM. I have a single T100P
card
> >>>>connected  to a channel bank that's using one FXO and two FXS ports.
> >>>>
> >>>>I want to move * off to another computer (mostly because I think the
> >>>>other  apps on the current box are causing enough of a load to affect
> >>>>the sound  quality a bit). I'm looking for a computer to put it on,
and
> >>>>I've found  someone with a P-II 350 with 64MB of RAM (I could steal
> >>>>another 64MB from  the firewall if I have to).
> >>>>
> >>>>So, I need an opinion from some more experienced users. Given the same
> >>>>number of ports and assuming I don't run any other apps on the box, is
> >>>>that  P-II 350 beefy enough to handle my * setup comfortably?
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>Jeff
> >>>>
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> >>------------------------
> >>Jeff McClure
> >>jmcclure at omnipotent.net
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