[Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it

[Mark Spencer]

You can try using the "-p" option to Asterisk.

Mark

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Jeff McClure wrote:

> Good points. This system currently does not use any SIP or IAX channels (or
> any other form of VoIP) and only deals with 1 call at a time (the single
> FXO channel is the only link to the outside). At some point, I may add an
> IAX link to a friend's * box, but I really don't see this setup ever having
> to deal with more than 2 concurrent calls (one over IAX, possibly with GSM,
> the other using just the Zaptel channels with no compression at all).
> Oh...and voicemail uses GSM, of course.
>
> The current sound quality is pretty good, but what I do hear are tiny
> little "hiccups" during GSM playback in voicemail. Again, I suspect what
> I'm hearing is the effect of the load on box spiking due to other
> processes. Does that sound reasonable?
>
> Maybe that extra level of detail can help some folks form opinions about
> required CPU horsepower.
>
> --On Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:43 AM +0000 "WipeOut ."
> <wipeout at linuxmail.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jeff..
> >
> > What you are asking is a little bit of a grey area because there are a
> > number of factors that will affect how well you system will perform..
> > things like the average number of concurrent calls?, are you using VoIP?,
> > what codecs are you using for the SIP of IAX channels? and no doubt a few
> > others..
> >
> > But here is my experience.. I am using a PII-400 and with 2 concurrent
> > VoIP calls using G.711 codec the processor barely registers anything.. So
> > I should thing that this system should handle 10-15 concurrent calls...
> > If I used the GSM codec for example I an sure this number would drop
> > significantly..
> >
> > Hope that helps..
> >
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> Right now I'm running * along with a lot of other apps on my firewall
> >> box,  which is a P-II 400 with 192MB of RAM. I have a single T100P card
> >> connected  to a channel bank that's using one FXO and two FXS ports.
> >>
> >> I want to move * off to another computer (mostly because I think the
> >> other  apps on the current box are causing enough of a load to affect
> >> the sound  quality a bit). I'm looking for a computer to put it on, and
> >> I've found  someone with a P-II 350 with 64MB of RAM (I could steal
> >> another 64MB from  the firewall if I have to).
> >>
> >> So, I need an opinion from some more experienced users. Given the same
> >> number of ports and assuming I don't run any other apps on the box, is
> >> that  P-II 350 beefy enough to handle my * setup comfortably?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jeff
> >>
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