[asterisk-users] Server Hardware

[Patrick]

On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 13:17 +0200, Woodoo People .pGa! wrote:
> > > I am curious as to what hardware folks are using successfully from HP
> > > or DELL.  I will likely be running just a quad span T1 card with the
> > > system.
> > 
> > HP DL380 G4, 4GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PS
> > HP DL360 G4, 2GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PS
> > 
> > Some Dell models may have issues. Check the Digium website for
> > compatibility (and perhaps the list archives).
> > 
> > Both HP boxes work fine with 2 or 4 port E1 cards (hyperthreading is
> > turned off).
> 
> what are the advantages of turning HT off?

Hope I explain this right but although HT creates the notion of 2
processors it still has only one FPU. Any transcoding done on a box with
HT turned on will make both processors compete for that one FPU which
does not help latency etc. So I just turn it off. If you want good FPU
capabilities for transcoding go for an Opteron box.

Regards,
Patrick