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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been Googling around for some time now (a few
hours on dial-up). I find all kinds of questions similar to mine, but
either there is no answer or the answer has nothing to do with the
question. Hopefully this post isn't another one of those.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does Asterisk favor FPU performance or clock
speed? (Meaning AMD or Intel)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I see Asterisk can be compiled for x64
systems. Does it run any better\worse on x64 versus i386?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dual-core CPU performance isn't as good as dual
CPU's, but is more often than not a better deal as it's close, but a lot
cheaper. Dual-core vs. Dual CPU performance depends on the
application. How does Asterisk respond?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking to build out a system capable of 100
concurrent calls (IP pass-through, so in effect 200). Looking at the
dimensioning, I can get some ideas, but few of them state the call
quality. I'm hoping to be able to use a single CPU that is dual core as
the price to go to a dual CPU that is single core puts me at least 60% to a
redundant server.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>More information about the setup</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No cards of any kind (Tyan board with integrated
video, NIC, SATA nothing more needed)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>some IAX2 trunks (ztdummy)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mainly SIP clients, but an increasing number of
IAX2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mainly ulaw\alaw, if not solely (the transcoding
chews CPU cycles needlessly)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----<BR>Mike Hammett<BR>Intelligent Computing
Solutions<BR><A
href="http://www.ics-il.com">http://www.ics-il.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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