[asterisk-users] Playback / Background / Read choppy, but musiconhold fine, even with ztdummy

[Steve Totaro]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:18 AM, Benjamin Jacob <ben4asterisk at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>  >
>  http://www.openvox.com.cn/products_detail.php?genre_id=9&id=28
>  >
>  > If you can get the bare card, you can use it for
>  > timing with a little
>  > magic that can be found via google.  If not, get one
>  > with an FXO or
>  > FXS and you will add a little flexibility and have
>  > real hardware
>  > timing.
>  >
>  > If you continue to have issues, then you can
>  > eliminate timing and
>  > focus on processes I would think.  I had a client
>  > running spamassassin
>  > on their Asterisk box which doubled as their
>  > corporate email server,
>  > geewhiz, I wonder why they were "having issues".
>  >
>  > Another odd thing Tzafrir helped me to notice was (I
>  > don't remember
>  > what version of CentOS) that the time was jumping
>  > ahead a couple of
>  > minutes and then back.  Running top, you could tell
>  > something was up
>  > because it was refreshing way too fast.  Then typing
>  > date on the
>  > command line repeatedly showed the time jumping all
>  > over the place.
>  > Might want to check that out too.
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Steve Totaro
>  >
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>  Thanks again guys.
>  the 'watch -d -n 1 cat /proc/interrupts' showed things
>  to be ok.. the rtc cycles increasing by 1024+ per
>  second.
>
>  In the process of cleaning up unnecesary processes, I
>  came across this line :
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>  /usr/sbin/vmware-guestd --background
>  /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid
>
>  GASP!!!! so does this mean this is a virtual machine??
>  I have got no idea about virtualization yet. So how do
>  I confirm if this is a virtual machine or not??
>
>  And is it advised to run asterisk on a virtual
>  machine?
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>  - Ben.

Ben,

Who is providing your server?  I assume it is in a colo.  Ask them or
see if they mention it in their agreement or sales material.  Finally,
you can just ask them.  If they claimed a dedicated server, complain.

It seems you are running on a virtual machine and no, that is not advisable.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro