[Asterisk-Users] Virtual PC -- Asterisk ?

[Steven Critchfield]

On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 14:35, Hector Q.-datafull wrote:
> Good Virtualization software only takes more CPU cycles.
> If you have enough CPU power, you dont have anything to worry about.
> The only concern is that you are limited to use only IP features of asterisk,
> you can not install and use a zapata card, or any other voice card, since
> For the rest, I have a couple of systems working just fine with¨* and GSM.
> And I would recommend to use an ESX server instead of VirtualPC.

Ahh, but the question is worded such that the virtualization is running
on windows. Therefore you have a lot of display overhead due to a
windows environment. You also are just an application running in an OS,
so you have to convince the OS to give you appropriate resources. So
while the application isn't necessarily too inefficient, you are already
running in an OS that can starve your emulator, and then you have
another OS that can starve asterisk from running at the required speed.

Again, it is possible, just not recommended no matter what the
underlying hardware is. Give asterisk at least a chance of working
properly on its own before you handicap it. As the learning curve is
enough already, don't augment it by adding artificial barriers.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch at basesys.com>
> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Lunes, 29 de Diciembre de 2003 05:25 p.m.
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Virtual PC -- Asterisk ?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 13:05, Kannaiyan Natesan wrote:
> > Anyone tried Asterisk with Virtual PC ?
> > I want to have windows and linux on the same machine and to run
> > simultaneously with asterisk.
> > Any help.
> 
> It might be possible, but it is not recommended in the least. Voice
> traffic needs to be near real time. Most emulators can not provide that
> level of support. Your time is worth a certain amount of money, consider
> what it is worth, and then decide if it is worth it for you to buy
> someones rejected hardware to save you the time spent in false starts
> and tracking down problems. Then consider the amount of ill will you
> will garner here by using up valuable resources answering questions
> about your system and functionality that is broken due to the non
> realtime nature of an emulator.
> 
> So to wrap up, it might be possible. You will waste a lot of time trying
> to make it work up to expectations. You can save that time by buying
> crap hardware or better.
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>