Hey Tom,
On 7/17/20 11:16 AM, Tom Van Gorkom wrote:
I need to upgrade our CentOS 6.9 servers to v7 and these "servers" are
getting old. I debated whether to upgrade the MB and CPU or buy a Dell
T40 or T140 Xeon basic server to save time and avoid compatibility
issues. Is this an overkill?
Any suggestions on what the Rivendell server needs to be capable of -
how many cores and threads? My impression is that it doesn't work that
hard but system 7 is a bit more heavy.
Not sure it's a direct answer to your question, but here's a reference
point for you:
In my lab, I'm running Rivendell 3.4.0 on CentOS 7.8.2003 (up to date).
Rivendell apps include:
- RDAirPlay playing Logs from Service "Production" (with PyPAD sending
Now Playing data to an external Icecast server)
- rdvairplay ("headless") playing Logs from Service "alternate"
- JACK routing the audio
- Calf Rack processing the audio
- liquidsoap feeding an external Icecast server
- GlassGUI/GlassCoder feeding an external Icecast server
- 8 Rivendell dropboxes occasionally ingesting audio files
The hardware is an ASRock (Q1900-ITX) motherboard with a 4-core Intel
Celeron CPU with 4GB RAM, and /var/snd on a USB 3 500GB hard drive. The
OS "disk" is a 120GB KINGSTON SA400S3 SSD.
I generate Logs daily and the process takes only a few seconds.
I feel like I'm pushing this system pretty hard: 5-minute load average
is ranges between 3.5 to 4.5. Oh, it's also a fanless setup. I've been
running this motherboard/CPU/RAM/Hard drive combination since 2017, so I
expect I'll replace it sometime soon.
Hope this helps in your decision process!
--
~David Klann
_______________________________________________
Rivendell-dev mailing list
Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org
http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
