Hi, is there any good calculator/table/reference about proper dimensioning? I read the wiki and they basically say "xx users run fine in yy hardware" http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+dimensioning.
SO far I read that: -Run up to 4 E1s per CPU (which one? an i386 or a dual core? -it is very CPU intensive to do transcoding. Try to minimize it. -you can help the CPU by using DSP-based boards or optimized boards. -Lots of RAM is good too. (like 512MB or 8 GB?). -A Front Side Bus of 800mhz is also good. -disable HT on Intel CPUs. -Use Ram disk to avoid some I/O bottlenecks specially on voicemail (hence, deploy more RAM). -two single core CPUs better than one dual core CPUs??. -And the most important I read was: Keep load under 5 in single CPUs and 10 in dual CPUs (didn't mention dual cores in the article). Im not sure If Im asking properly, basically in this asterisk-heavy-load-learning stage, I want to know how to calculate computer needs based on customer needs. (i've only done 5 to 50 extens, and up to 2 E1) And yes, the need comes from a potential customer that is a Hotel with 450 extensions (rooms) and 125 more ext. (employees) making calls internally, outbound, inboud, voicemail,fax,cell phones, etc. So far, shame on me, I have no idea where to start in terms of equipment. Or I can go out there and buy a 20k machine(s) to run 4or5 E1s....It will run, but I will never learn why. thanks, -- ------------------------------------------- Erick Perez Linux User 376588 http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!) Panama, Republic of Panama _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
