I think what we've all taken from this, and should always remember, is that resources (RAM/CPU) and storage (amount, read/write latency) is very key with ANY sip based platform, especially when using it to test the media services against, as they tend to be more sensitive. Just because the media server moved to FS in 4.2, it doesn't mean the resources can be diminished or not allocated properly.
Whether 32 or 64 bit for very small production (10-15 users) or testing purposes, the following should hold true: 1-2 CPU, 2-4GB RAM, disk size (almost any, 20GB minimum suggested for very basic testing). If it is a laptop running windows, perhaps the easiest way to go (I have one I carry with a demo on it) is vmware, running a ISO installed sipx system (network in bridged mode). I have a production system for the next two weeks residing on VMWARE with 120GB disk space allocated and 2GB RAM allocated. The startup is slow to register phones (java eats the CPU for a good while at startup), but it works for weeks on end. I have also run sipxecs in demo mode on a macbook with vmware fusion. I imagine you could with parallels for MAC, but they were always slower to support other hardware when I had their linux version. The reviews for their mac software is pretty darn good though I have never tried. I imagine all the virtualization products out there are useable. Not all are the same. There is a difference between paravirtualization (like xen) and full virtualization (like vmware). I have used both but always found vmware easier to dive into. Here's a great cheat sheet to reference when running virtualization on a linux host system. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-linuxvirt/index.html If you can dedicate a machine and will be sole purpose for just running up to a few virtual guests at a time, I might suggest using the vmware esxi bare metal hypervisor. If you don't expect to spend much time on it and just want to see how hard it is to use, then take a spare Windows PC and load vmware server 2.0 on it and get started. It's not that hard. Just be sure, however you roll it out, that you do not overtax the CPU or RAM resources of the host machine (lest yee have grievances and no recourse except to kick thyself for it). Have fun! On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:56 AM, Krisztian Ganyai < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > We have some deployments with quite good user experience on Amazon EC2, > which is a XEN based platform. I think XEN is a safe bet. > > BR, > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathaniel Watkins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 6:51 PM > To: 'sipx-users' > Subject: [sipx-users] Recommended free virtualization platform for sipx? > > I need to do some testing on a non-production sipx install. I was going > to virtualize it on my laptop (don't worry, I don't expect to make any > calls/etc. - this is more for me attempting to integrate the click to > call app onto the same box as sipXecs). > > I've used most of the virtualization platforms, just wanted to know if > one was recommended by the group... > > This message and any files transmitted with it are intended only for the > individual(s) or entity named. If you are not the intended individual(s) > or entity named you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution or reliance upon its contents is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this in error, please notify the sender, delete the > original, and destroy all copies. Email transmissions cannot be > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be > intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or > contain viruses. Garrett County Government therefore does not accept any > liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, > which arise as a result of email transmission. > > > Garrett County Government, > 203 South Fourth Street, Courthouse, Oakland, Maryland 21550 > www.garrettcounty.org > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users > Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users > sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/ > -- ====================== Tony Graziano, Manager Telephone: 434.984.8430 sip: [email protected] Fax: 434.984.8431 Email: [email protected] LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: Telephone: 434.984.8426 sip: [email protected] Fax: 434.984.8427 Helpdesk Contract Customers: http://www.myitdepartment.net/gethelp/ Why do mathematicians always confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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