[asterisk-users] Asterisk on Xen or Dedicated

[Dee Lowndes]

On 30/04/2008 13:15, "Steve Totaro" <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Dee Lowndes <mailinglist at asyouneed.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>>     I am trying to decide weather to move my asterisk setup on to a Xen
>>  setup or not. I do use transcoding, meetme and music on hold although in a
>>  purely sip scenario real lines are handled via cisco kit. Currently its a
>>  dedicated box with X100P card for timing handling it however it's starting
>>  to get a bit long in the tooth and I want to replace it. I currently handle
>>  up to 45 simultaneous calls but this will be doubling in the next year.
>> 
>>  Question is do I still need to worry about timing and if so can this be
>>  resolved in a Xen enviroment?
>> 
>>  One other question is how does multi cpu's scale is it better to have a
>>  highspeed dual core or a lower speed quad core?
>> 
>>  Any pointers greatly appreciated.
>> 
>>  Dee
> 
> Just shooting from the hip but if you have the ability to use a
> dedicated box for Asterisk, then go that route.
> 
> Xen has a very high cool factor and may work OK with Asterisk but why
> take the chance unless it is just a dev environment?
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro

I see your point however I guess I just like to get the most use and
flexibility out of my hardware. So having the 8 Core 8GB server I have setup
only for Asterisk seems a bit overkill.

I may end up having to purchase a more sensible spec for the asterisk box
hence the question about dual or quad.

Dee