We use CentOS since 3.x (latest is 5.x) with very good results, but any
recent distro should work fine.

Regards,

Alex

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Richard Crawshaw <
richard.craws...@callparents.com> wrote:

> OK, many thanks.  That means that we need a Linux box to run Kannel on.
>  However, I'm not really familiar with Linux, is there a recommended
> distribution that Kannel runs best on, or any that are best avoided?
>
> Regards
> Richard
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-boun...@kannel.org [mailto:users-boun...@kannel.org] On Behalf
> Of Stipe Tolj
> Sent: 21 February 2011 16:47
> Cc: users@kannel.org
> Subject: Re: Kannel HTTP locking up
>
> Am 21.02.2011 13:58, schrieb Richard Crawshaw:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm having a problem that looks like Kannel's SMS box HTTP listener is
> locking up.
> >
> > I've been running some load tests on Kannel, sending out 30K messages
> over a
> > short space of time.
> >
> > I am running Kannel version 1.5.0 under Windows using Cygwin.  I have no
> problem
> > if it is running on my Windows 7 laptop, 32 bit 2.68G RAM, 2.53GHz.
>  However,
> > when it is running on one of our servers it locks up after about 24K
> messages.
> > The server is Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2, 2GHz
> with 8G RAM.
> >
> > The only difference between the two is the Kannel configuration file
> which
> > points the log files to different places in the file system.  Both
> instances of
> > Kannel were compiled from the same source code on the target machines
> using the
> > latest version of Cygwin.
> >
> > The server isn't under a heavy load.  It is also running IIS.
> >
> > After Kannel locks up there are no further entries added to its log files
> and
> > from what I've found the only solution is to stop and restart it.  There
> doesn't
> > appear to be anything additional logged from the server that isn't logged
> from
> > my laptop.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen anything like this before?  Any clues to what may be
> the
> > cause or possible solutions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I can post logs and config file if needed.
>
> Cygin's pthreads, which Kannel uses heavily is NOT(!) stable. That's the
> simple
> reason. This is BTW also the reason why Cygwin never packaged the mysql
> server.
> So, there is NO way to use Kannel on Cygwin for real production use.
>
> Stipe
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