On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 09:40, Chris Ziomkowski wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I need to build a machine capable of running at least 30 G.729 channels > with lots of room to spare because it will be doing some other CPU > intensive tasks also.
Maybe you need to become more aquainted with asterisk. Pushing a system to near the limit is inviting disaster. You may need to reconsider the other tasks on this machine. > I've seen Mark's post about being able to run 60 channels on a dual 1.8 > Xeon, but that unfortunately raises more questions than it answers. > > You see, I may have to build many of these systems, and I need to find a > good price/performance ratio, I can't simply go out and buy quad opteron > systems for fun. I was trying to find a processor for under $200 to handle > this. $200 will get you a 2.6 P4 right now. 2 1.8s are just over your $200 request. It will be as important to make sure you have a good motherboard and chipset. > Given that, my question is: what constrains the G.729 codec? Is it mostly > due to branches (implying a dual CPU or P4 HT architecture will be > required) or is it mostly due to floating point (in which case a lower > speed AMD might be able to accomplish the same task cheaper and better.) > > Anyone have any ideas on this? Looking for feedback. I think you will be running a lot of threads, so the extra cache and speed helps. > BTW, can someone answer how the G.729 licensing works? If I change the CPU > and motherboard (probably necessitating a kernel change), will my licenses > still be valid? What exactly are they keyed to? It is hardware based. If you change any of the major hardware, it will bark. -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
