[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk's MultiProcessor Ability

[Zoa]

Asterisk should normally just use all the processors. (It does for me, i
have 4 virtual cpu's). Maybe you are just not loading the machine enough.
My dual processor servers just crash when a cpu melts down.

Zoa.

William Boehlke wrote:

>Telephony doesn't use a lot of processor. We think one of the principal
>arguments for a second one is that you have another processor in the
>unlikely event that your primary fails.
>
>William Boehlke
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>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk's MultiProcessor Ability
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>We have asterisk running on a quad processor dell. The kernel has been
>compiled with SMP.
>
>However, asterisk seems to only use 1 processor. 3 of the 4 always stay at
>100% idle.
>
>Is it pointless to have a multi-proc machine? I was going to buy a new dual
>3.6Ghz Xeon server but if nothing will take advantage of the other proc...
>
>Perhaps my conception of multi-proc/threaded is warped. If asterisk is the
>only thing using CPU, I would expect the load to be dristributed amounst the
>processors. Instead of 1 proc falling to 20% idle (80% using on that 1
>proc), I should see all 4 procs fall to 80% idle (20% used on each). Is this
>wrong?
>
>What about the g729 library from digium? Is that multi-proc aware?
>
>-Matthew
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