[asterisk-users] asterisk and multiple cpus/cores

[Andres]

Erick Perez wrote:

> I have found a site that list the following (no date in the post, so
> it may be old):
> "since all transcoding and calls still go through one core in asterisk,
> it doesn't make sense to buy a multi-core or hyperthreaded system that
> will only slow you down"
>
> Does that still applies in asterisk 1.2.14/1.4.x ?
> Or do we have to tweak source code to balance loads (transcoding,etc)
> between cores?
>
I can tell you that statement is bogus.  We run a number of dual cpu and 
single cpu systems on our network.  The dual ones (Xeon 3.6Ghz) can 
easily handle 90 G729 calls at 50% CPU Usage.  The single ones will be 
at 50% with only 40 calls.

Andres