[asterisk-users] Intel Vs AMD

[Gordon Henderson]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, michel freiha wrote:

> Hi all,
> I took my decision to use Asterisk server for handling my VOIP calls...My
> next step is to choose the best hardware that I should use i order to have
> the best performance...Here I faced 2 choices for my hardware (CPU)...
> 1- Using Intel CPU or AMD
> 2- Use 32 or 64 bits
>
> Can you help me please to choose between the above choices and what is the
> advantage and disadvantage of each of choices

How many concurrent calls. How much transcoding?

A 1GHz Via processor with 128KB cache will handle 100 concurrent calls 
with no transcoding. Anything above that is a bonus, and 64-bit is a waste 
for something like asterisk IMO.

So use what you're most familiar with.

Gordon