[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and VMWare

[Dan]

Hi,


> 1. run VMWARE in Full screen windows.
Tried this... same problem

> 2. is your Linux kernel SMP? (see VM knowledge base)
I have the RH9 downloaded from Redhat site.

> 3. what about your Linux guest CPU usage? Swap usage? Windows might
> report 5% but its what the linux guest sees that counts. VMWARE is a
> very good emulation but it is still an emulation. Doing near real time
> codec conversion on a AMD <1GH machine with 386MB might be too much.
I'll check this, but still I don't think that the CPU power or memory is the
problem, more the interrupts and timing...

> 4. Did you do bridge networking on the guest OS? NAT will invoke
> additional performance penalty, and have a big effect on your SIP call.
Bridging, using another IP address from the same subnet.

> 5. What about the other "cards" in your system? Do they need a lot of
> interrupts from the PC? Check your perfmon for interrupts per second.
> CPU usage is only one piece of the pie.
I think yes, a lot of interrupts are shared between cards.....
I have:
- 1x Firewire, 2xUSB2.0, 1xUSB1.1, PCI Soft modem, USB Modem, 4xSerial
Ports, 1xgraphic card + TV Tunner (ATI All-in-Wonder 128) and a HA Box
(serial based).
I have succeeeded using USB under VMWare (a flash memory stick) , but still
not able to use ztdummy or zaptelrtc (it uses USB for timing, not?)

Thanks,
Dan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sunny Woo" <sunnywoo at yahoo.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and VMWare


> Your machine is way underpower and underRAM, I am amazed you can even
> run VMWARE and a Linux guest on it.
>
> Have you try:
> 1. run VMWARE in Full screen windows.
> 2. is your Linux kernel SMP? (see VM knowledge base)
> 3. what about your Linux guest CPU usage? Swap usage? Windows might
> report 5% but its what the linux guest sees that counts. VMWARE is a
> very good emulation but it is still an emulation. Doing near real time
> codec conversion on a AMD <1GH machine with 386MB might be too much.
> 4. Did you do bridge networking on the guest OS? NAT will invoke
> additional performance penalty, and have a big effect on your SIP call.
> 5. What about the other "cards" in your system? Do they need a lot of
> interrupts from the PC? Check your perfmon for interrupts per second.
> CPU usage is only one piece of the pie.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 23:22, Dan wrote:
> > This is a solutioin for my question?
> > I don't want another box in my house running 24/7...
> > Why to buy another disk as the system MUST run Win XP for some other
> > important reasons??
> > Dan
> > .
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Brancaleoni Matteo" <mbrancaleoni at espia.it>
> > To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:05 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and VMWare
> >
> >
> > > buy a 30$ hd, install linux on it and use it
> > > natively.
> > >
> > > Matteo.
> > >
> > > Il sab, 2003-07-12 alle 21:49, Dan ha scritto:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have installed Asterisk in a VM under VMWare Workstation 4.x (on
> > WinXP).
> > > > The computer is an Athlon @1GHz with 384MB RAM, 128MB allocated for
RH9.
> > > > Linux is fully installed (but without any X stuff).
> > > > I have the latest Astrisk distribution (DL today)
> > > > I have no Digium card installed on this machine.
> > > >
> > > > When I call Echotest, Asterisk play the message a l ittle bit
choppy,
> > but
> > > > the echotest is perfect (no interruptions).
> > > > The processor is used max 5% (peak) by the VMWare engine during  the
> > message
> > > > playing.
> > > >
> > > > I have used a Cisco 7960 (G711) to call the Echotest.
> > > > It seems that the GSM to G711 conversion inside VMWare virtual
machine
> > is
> > > > the cause of this.
> > > > It can be done something to improve this behaviour?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > >
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