[Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!

[James Taylor]

Carlos, 
You may have something here.
Dan - you might try to connect via the virtual network adapter to your "host" machine's hard drive.  (just map a drive) it could be that "networking" from your "VM" to the host is faster.
James Taylor

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Carlos Eduardo Cremon <ecremon at uol.com.br>

>  Dan,
>
>What type of "virtual harddisk" did you create in your linux vmware 
>virtual machine? As far as I know, the default type is a kind of 
>compressed harddisk image, to save disk space in the host machine. 
>Perhaps that is the answer to have bad performance only in local 
>services, opening local files in vmware: the overhead to decompress.
>
>-Eduardo
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>Dan escreveu:
>
>>Nice!
>>If it can work without connecting it to the power supply, then will be
>>better..;-)
>>When we leave the home, I must disconnect from the mains EVERYTHING (the
>>alarm system and the HA PC are the only accepted exceptions)...
>>
>>:-)))
>>
>>Dan
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Simon Woodhead" <woodheads at gonegardening.com>
>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:31 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
>>
>>
>>  
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>>>Hey Dan,
>>>
>>>Get a http://www.mini-itx.com/ and disguise it as a fruit bowl. She'll
>>>    
>>>
>>never
>>  
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>>>know! I can't wait until someone builds one looking like a shoe or a
>>>    
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>>handbag
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>>>and then I can have them all over the house and the more I have, the
>>>    
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>>happier
>>  
>>
>>>the other half will be!!
>>>
>>>W
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Dan" <dtoma at fx.ro>
>>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:12 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
>>>
>>>
>>>Roy,
>>>
>>>Please do not give me such a solution.
>>>I know how and where to buy or how to build a very cheap PC (I work in
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>>this
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>>>field).
>>>I now that this is a cheaper option (to buy or build a new pc), but I
>>>    
>>>
>>don't
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>>>want another computer running 24/7 in my house.
>>>It is so difficult to understand that?
>>>I have a small flat with two rooms. I want to be able to sleep too in the
>>>same house.
>>>My wife for sure will not accept another one...
>>>
>>>I feel that it can fully work on my config (allmost it does it now).
>>>
>>>It is more challenging to make it work under those circumstances...;-)
>>>Why to choose everytime the easiest solution available?
>>>I want to do it for my ..soul...;-)
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Dan
>>>P.S. I have several PCs available for this, but.. I DON'T WANT TO USE
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>>>
>>THEM!
>>  
>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk" <roy at karlsbakk.net>
>>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 12:33 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
>>>
>>>
>>>    
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>>>>IIRC you were given URLs for all sorts of cheapo PCs. Perhaps you've got
>>>>an old P90 lying around? Or perhaps someone else has?
>>>>
>>>>Use that!
>>>>Not vmware!
>>>>If you're to use vmware, do it the other way around - linux host with
>>>>vmware windoze guest. This works fine for me on my PC.
>>>>
>>>>On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 08:49, Dan wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have succeed using Asterisk on VMWare on an Athlon at 1GB with 128 MB
>>>>>allocated for the Linux virtual machine.
>>>>>I have connected this PBX with another one using IAX/GSM. I can call
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>the
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>>>>>other part and the sound is great, without any interruption.
>>>>>The phone used is a Cisco7960 with G.711, so still a codec conversion
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>is
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>>>in
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>>>>>place (GSM/G.711) and Asterisk/VMWare Wkst performs very well.
>>>>>
>>>>>The problem is only when I try to call local services, like echo test
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>>>>>
>>or
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>>>>>Digium Demo. Then, the sound of the informative message for the Digium
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>Demo
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>>>>>is choppy, but the sound from the Digium server (after connection) is
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>very
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>>>>>good.
>>>>>
>>>>>So.. the problem is only to play local files when in virtual machine
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>(menus,
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>>>>>informative messages, etc.). Why? It is clear that this is not a
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>computer
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>>>>>performance issue and/or a timing problem during the codec conversion.
>>>>>More, the inband DTMF works like a charm under the virtual machine.
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>Even
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>>>the
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>>>>>known problem with double digits for Cisco phones dissapear.
>>>>>
>>>>>BR,
>>>>>Dan
>>>>>P.S. Please do not answer again that this setup cannot work. In this
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>moment
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>>>>>I cannot accept such an answer.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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