Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Michael Welter
Daniel Salama wrote: This is great information. I have the following questions based on a hypothetical scenario and some assumptions: Based on the price of these configurations, I wouldn't even mind putting two servers each with 2 T1s just so that I could get all calls recorded and distribute

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread mattf
--- -Original Message- From: Daniel Salama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:30 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation This is great information. I have the following questions based

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Daniel Salama
and it works rather well for us. MATT--- -Original Message- From: Daniel Salama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:56 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation Hi, I've been reading on the wiki

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Daniel Salama
Well, I don't think I'm ready to spend that much money :) I understand your point regarding that load depends on usage. SIP_Agents are simply agents answering calls. Average call length would be about 8 minutes. During some of these calls (maybe 25%), agents will conference the call (PSTN

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Steve Totaro
12:37 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation Sure. I setup a small lab on a machine with 4 T1s and 36 agents logged in. The system was configured to Monitor all outbound calls as well as monitor all calls distributed by Queue app (monitor-format setting

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Matt Roth
Thanks Daniel, We may end up replicating your tests in order to confirm some of your results. I don't know if it will be anytime soon, because we don't have the hardware yet. Regardless, I will share my results with the list. Anyone out there have any ideas on why the NFS mount affected call

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Matt Roth
Does anyone have experience with using NAS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage) or SAN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_area_network) for this application? Matthew Roth http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Running%20Asterisk%20on%20Debian Daniel Salama wrote: Sure. I

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Steve Totaro
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation Does anyone have experience with using NAS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage) or SAN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_area_network) for this application? Matthew Roth http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Ken N. March
Hi Matt, Does anyone have experience with using NAS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage) or SAN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_area_network) for this application? I've had our agent/queue recordings dumped both to local disk and SAN (currently using local disk as

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-29 Thread Daniel Salama
This is an interesting question. I haven't tested it but would love to know if it works or not. Anyone? - Daniel On Apr 29, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Michael Welter wrote: I haven't seen this before--can an agent log into a queue on a remote (i.e. over IAX) Asterisk server?

[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread Daniel Salama
Hi, I've been reading on the wiki as well as on this list, different suggestions of what to look for when designing an asterisk server with a lot of traffic. By a lot of traffic, I mean a box with a a TE4XXP, that will be hit to full capacity (96 simultaneous calls). This box will also deliver

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread Michael D Schelin
I just read a great paper that said turn off anything that won't be used. Serial, USB , Printer ports, ETC. No Xwindows! Daniel Salama wrote: Hi, I've been reading on the wiki as well as on this list, different suggestions of what to look for when designing an asterisk server with a lot of

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread mattf
--- -Original Message- From: Daniel Salama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:56 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation Hi, I've been reading on the wiki as well as on this list, different

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread Daniel Salama
Could you point me in the direction where you read that? Maybe there is more there to read. Thanks, Daniel On Apr 28, 2005, at 6:31 PM, Michael D Schelin wrote: I just read a great paper that said turn off anything that won't be used. Serial, USB , Printer ports, ETC. No Xwindows! Daniel

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread Daniel Salama
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation Hi, I've been reading on the wiki as well as on this list, different suggestions of what to look for when designing an asterisk server with a lot of traffic. By a lot of traffic, I mean

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread Andres
Daniel Salama wrote: Thank you again. I will definitely do that. By cheaper asterisk servers, do you mean single-CPU machines that can handle Quad T1s and still do the call monitoring? BTW, I tried the monitoring without the 'm' option and mounted the audio directory via NFS. Big NO NO for

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread Matt Roth
--- -Original Message- From: Daniel Salama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:56 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation Hi, I've been reading on the wiki as well as on this list, different

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread mattf
. Thanks, MATT--- -Original Message- From: Daniel Salama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:59 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation Thank you again. I will definitely do

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation

2005-04-28 Thread Daniel Salama
: Daniel Salama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:59 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware Recommendation Thank you again. I will definitely do that. By cheaper asterisk servers, do you mean single-CPU