On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 03:05:15PM -0500, Erick Perez wrote: > 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?
This is just too general to be true. A dual-CPU PIII monster of a number of years ago is pathertic cmpared to a single 3GHz P4. > -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. Up to a point. Normally it will be cheaper to just throw in more CPU power. > -Lots of RAM is good too. (like 512MB or 8 GB?). Depending on the task. Lots of RAM helps if you have much IO. > -A Front Side Bus of 800mhz is also good. This follows the "get a fast machine" rule. > -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) That can probably be easily handled by the typical computer you buy on on any shop. Speed is not your main issue. Make sure the system is relieble. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849755 | | friend _______________________________________________ --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
