On 30/04/2008 13:15, "Steve Totaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Dee Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
