[Asterisk-Users] Linux and Windows

[Greg Boehnlein]

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Michael Giagnocavo wrote:

> >> Yes, there is network support.
> >> 
> >> I tried it out, but the voice quality seemed quite choppy (local machine,
> >P4
> >> 3GHz). Not sure if it'd actually work for any near-production scenarios.
> >> 
> >> -Michael
> >
> >Being partly responsible for AstWind, the answer to that is a categorical 
> >NO WAY! There is no way that anyone, in their right mind, should consider 
> >using AstWind for ANY production level services. The CoLinux kernel 
> >emulates interrupt timing, and as a result is not very accurate. Hence, 
> >choppy audio when disk access happens etc..
> >
> >CoLinux works great for IAX to IAX or SIP to IAX where no Disk Access is 
> >taking place.
> 
> Thanks for clearing that up. I had been using it for IVRs. So if I created a
> RAM disk for CoLinux and booted it from there... that might work?

You know, that would be an interesting project, and I'd bet it would 
improve things. I'm not sure it would solve the problem entirely, but if 
you get it working, let me know. CoLinux is going through a lot of 
development work, so I expect that it's usefulness will only improve with 
time.

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