[asterisk-users] Ubuntu "*-server" kernels [was: Re: IAX2/0.0.29.199]

[Steve Totaro]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com>wrote:

> Off-topic:
>
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 03:30:58PM +0000, satish patel wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >   System:                      Linux/2.6.32-24-server built by root on
> x86_64 2011-03-22 18:38:19 UTC
>
> Ubuntu has a separate -server kernel variant. From what I understand,
> using it is not a good idea on a Asterisk system, as it is intended to
> an application such as a file server, optimized for higher throughput.
>
> Asterisk is closer to a desktop multimedia program, which prefers low
> latency to high throughput.
>
> Is that recommendation still valid?
>
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Simple answer:
RTFM

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man7/time.7.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1651629

The "purpose" of the distro sets the timer.  I am sure there is a workaround
for server to use an Asterisk friendly kernel timer.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro
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