[Asterisk-Users] Experience with IBM X346 machines and Sangoma

[Wolfgang Zweimueller]

Hi All,

I have read many posts about problems with Asterisk on some systems. I
also set up Asterisk on many different boxes. But I have never seen
the following...

There is an IBM X346 (3.4GHz Xeon) with one Sangoma A104. This system
is currently idle, that means there is nothing running except Asterisk
(1.2.7.1). We are handling no calls now, but if I do a vmstat, I get
peaks in system load up to 40%! Here is an example:

procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs us sy id wa
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4160   187  0  4 96  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4251   207  0  1 98  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4205   179  0  9 92  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0    36 4151   217  0  3 97  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4026   187  0  0 100  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4042   205  0 14 86  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4019   184  0 38 63  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4062   208  0  0 100  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4028   196  0  2 99  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0    16 4075   223  0 19 81  0
 1  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4029   197  0  0 100  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4043   199  0  1 99  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4045   194  0  6 94  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4032   196  0 24 77  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0    12 4045   212  0  0 100  0
 0  0      0 375080 161660 142232    0    0     0     0 4028   188  0  0 100  0



In contrast to the above I have a Dell 2850 running Asterisk and a lot
of other things (but no PRI card). This box is (according to vmstat)
almost always 100% idle!


Is anyone running a similar X346-system? What is the load and how does
Asterisk behave on it? Can anyone explain what is happening here?


Thx,
Wolfgang