On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 01:14:36AM +0100, Grey Man wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Ronald Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just added a PREVIEW release of my upcoming how-to guide for Asterisk > > PBX on EC2. It is based on months of testing and evaluating Asterisk on EC2. > > It addresses all kinks and showstoppers that many people have experienced > > over the past year or so. Because this is a preview, it is not the final > > version of this guide. It is subject to change (format, copy, layout, etc.) > > > > To view and download this guide, please visit > > http://ronaldlewis.com/2008/07/08/asterisk-pbx-on-amazon-ec2-how-to-guide-almost-complete/ > > > > Please take this opportunity to test the guide and provide any feedback. The > > official release is set for Wednesday, July 16 and will be available on > > CloudCrunch. > > > > There's already 4 public images on ec2 mentioning Asterisk in their > names so wouldn't it be easier to try out one of those rather than > install all the bits and pieces on a base Linux image? > > An interesting paper on ec2 and Asterisk would be one that discusses > what the call quality is like from both inside and outside the US. > When I briefy ran up an instance at this time last year it actually > seemed ok. > > >From a provider's point of view running Asterisk on the ec2 cloud does > pose some interesting questions. As a quick and dirty estimate if you > assume one of the standard small ec2 instances could cope with 100 > simultaneous g711 calls (I don't know if that is the case just > guessing) then you'll chew up approx. 2MB/s (you pay for bandwidth > both ways). Assuming that you'd then have 1MB/s average to account for > quite and busy call times then it would be 3.6GB/hour or 86.4GB/day. > At the Amazon price of $0.10/GB that's $8.64/day or $260/month. The > server instance will cost you $72/month so total cost for 100/calls > per month is $332. > > A typical dedicated server for $300/month is roughly equivalent to an > ec2 small instance and comes with 500GB of bandwidth/month which is > only a fifth of what's required but you could probably get the extra > 2TB/month thrown in for $32/month making the dedicated server and ec2 > prices the same.
Another option, especially for lighter loads, is a virtual server instance. There are many providers who will provide you a Xen guest for e.g. 20$ or 30$ a month. For a lighter load this should be more than enough. Those normally come with a dedicated IP address. Support plans vary greatly from one provider to another. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users