[Asterisk-Users] Virtual PC -- Asterisk ?

[Doug Heckaman III]

I have run Asterisk on vmware, wasnt TOO bad.. though there was not any 
timing...


Steven Critchfield wrote:

>On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 14:35, Hector Q.-datafull wrote:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>>----- 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 ?
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>>On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 13:05, Kannaiyan Natesan wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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