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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Opened pseudo zap interface, measuring accuracy...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>99.987793% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000%
100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>100.000000% 100.000000% 99.987793% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000%
100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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99.987793% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 99.987793%
100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
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99.987793% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000%
100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000%
100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 99.987793% 100.000000%
100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000%
100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 99.987793% 100.000000%
100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>100.000000% 100.000000% 100.000000% 99.987793% 100.000000% 100.000000%
100.000000% 100.000000%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>--- Results after 111 passes ---<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Best: 100.000000 -- Worst: 99.987793 -- Average: 99.999015<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Server Specs:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Asus P5WD2 Premium<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Pentium D 830 (Dual Core)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Corsair DDR2-6400 2GB RAM (4 pices)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2xSATA2 RAID (linux software mirroring)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>TE406P (not TE411P as I stated before)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Running debian with non-debian kernel (stock standard 2.6.15.4, email
if you want .config )<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Some anomalies have been observed during the testing of the server
before implementing it into production.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1 – The server performed MUCH better with software RAID one then
hardware, not so mention it was easier to setup.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2 – DDR2-6400 improved some of the benchmarks over DDR2-5200. My
understanding that all samples that come in and out if<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Digium card are copied to user space so faster ram should be of benefit
to the system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The system has not been restarted from December. Only asterisk was
upgraded 3-4 times since December.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Before unloading zaptel drivers we checked for IRQ misses with zttool (before
each unload/load of drivers) and since December we had none.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The system is now running realtime (mysql on the same machine),
iaxmodem+hylafax combo for receiving faxes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I must say, spending just a little extra to get good hardware pays off
in the long run.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>If you have any questions, email.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Boris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> </span></font><span lang=EN-US>-----Original Message-----</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> </span></font><span lang=EN-US>From:
asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> </span></font><span lang=EN-US>bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf
Of Anton Krall</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> </span></font><span lang=EN-US>Sent: Friday, 21 April 2006 14:27</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> </span></font><span lang=EN-US>To: '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Asterisk
Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion</st1:PersonName>'</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> </span></font><span lang=EN-US>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users]
Digium cards, so disappointing !</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> Can you send the output of zttest ? Whats your average and what
kind of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> hardware are you using?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> That will give people pointers of what to use/expect.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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