Hi, For training sessions, I'm evaluating the possibility to use a single physical server to host 5 virtual servers, each with its own Dahdi PCIe card, instead of using 5 physical machines, hoping a single physical server would easier to transport, more quiet and cheaper to provision and maintain.
As you can guess, each machine shouldn't be heavy loaded (a couple of calls, for each). If that matters, each machine would get Asterisk 10. One virtual server would play PSTN role and provide E1/T1 connectivity to each 4 server, playing as our favorite B2BUA. I hope servers with 5 PCI slots can be found here and there but I'm worried about IRQs, timing issues and the likes. 1. Beside PCI assignment, which virtualization feature is required to build such machine ? In other words, is reading "PCI-assignment" in Xen, LXC or equivalent datasheet enough ? 2. How many PCIe cards can be "safely" inserted inside a server, without any virtualization ? Does this figure change when virtualizing ? Regards -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
