Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it
What does -p do? Mark Spencer wrote: You can try using the -p option to Asterisk. Mark On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Jeff McClure wrote: Good points. This system currently does not use any SIP or IAX channels (or any other form of VoIP) and only deals with 1 call at a time (the single FXO channel is the only link to the outside). At some point, I may add an IAX link to a friend's * box, but I really don't see this setup ever having to deal with more than 2 concurrent calls (one over IAX, possibly with GSM, the other using just the Zaptel channels with no compression at all). Oh...and voicemail uses GSM, of course. The current sound quality is pretty good, but what I do hear are tiny little hiccups during GSM playback in voicemail. Again, I suspect what I'm hearing is the effect of the load on box spiking due to other processes. Does that sound reasonable? Maybe that extra level of detail can help some folks form opinions about required CPU horsepower. --On Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:43 AM + WipeOut . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jeff.. What you are asking is a little bit of a grey area because there are a number of factors that will affect how well you system will perform.. things like the average number of concurrent calls?, are you using VoIP?, what codecs are you using for the SIP of IAX channels? and no doubt a few others.. But here is my experience.. I am using a PII-400 and with 2 concurrent VoIP calls using G.711 codec the processor barely registers anything.. So I should thing that this system should handle 10-15 concurrent calls... If I used the GSM codec for example I an sure this number would drop significantly.. Hope that helps.. Hi folks, Right now I'm running * along with a lot of other apps on my firewall box, which is a P-II 400 with 192MB of RAM. I have a single T100P card connected to a channel bank that's using one FXO and two FXS ports. I want to move * off to another computer (mostly because I think the other apps on the current box are causing enough of a load to affect the sound quality a bit). I'm looking for a computer to put it on, and I've found someone with a P-II 350 with 64MB of RAM (I could steal another 64MB from the firewall if I have to). So, I need an opinion from some more experienced users. Given the same number of ports and assuming I don't run any other apps on the box, is that P-II 350 beefy enough to handle my * setup comfortably? Thanks, Jeff ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users Jeff McClure [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it
Asterisk CVS-03/31/03-00:53:00, Copyright (C) 2000-2002, Digium. Usage: asterisk [OPTIONS] Valid Options: -h This help screen -r Connect to Asterisk on this machine -f Do not fork -n Disable console colorization -p Run as pseudo-realtime thread -v Increase verbosity (multiple v's = more verbose) -q Quiet mode (supress output) -g Dump core in case of a crash -x cmd Execute command cmd (only valid with -r) -i Initializie crypto keys at startup -c Provide console CLI -d Enable extra debugging -p = Realtime Priority Andre - Original Message - From: James Sizemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it What does -p do? Mark Spencer wrote: You can try using the -p option to Asterisk. Mark On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Jeff McClure wrote: Good points. This system currently does not use any SIP or IAX channels (or any other form of VoIP) and only deals with 1 call at a time (the single FXO channel is the only link to the outside). At some point, I may add an IAX link to a friend's * box, but I really don't see this setup ever having to deal with more than 2 concurrent calls (one over IAX, possibly with GSM, the other using just the Zaptel channels with no compression at all). Oh...and voicemail uses GSM, of course. The current sound quality is pretty good, but what I do hear are tiny little hiccups during GSM playback in voicemail. Again, I suspect what I'm hearing is the effect of the load on box spiking due to other processes. Does that sound reasonable? Maybe that extra level of detail can help some folks form opinions about required CPU horsepower. --On Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:43 AM + WipeOut . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jeff.. What you are asking is a little bit of a grey area because there are a number of factors that will affect how well you system will perform.. things like the average number of concurrent calls?, are you using VoIP?, what codecs are you using for the SIP of IAX channels? and no doubt a few others.. But here is my experience.. I am using a PII-400 and with 2 concurrent VoIP calls using G.711 codec the processor barely registers anything.. So I should thing that this system should handle 10-15 concurrent calls... If I used the GSM codec for example I an sure this number would drop significantly.. Hope that helps.. Hi folks, Right now I'm running * along with a lot of other apps on my firewall box, which is a P-II 400 with 192MB of RAM. I have a single T100P card connected to a channel bank that's using one FXO and two FXS ports. I want to move * off to another computer (mostly because I think the other apps on the current box are causing enough of a load to affect the sound quality a bit). I'm looking for a computer to put it on, and I've found someone with a P-II 350 with 64MB of RAM (I could steal another 64MB from the firewall if I have to). So, I need an opinion from some more experienced users. Given the same number of ports and assuming I don't run any other apps on the box, is that P-II 350 beefy enough to handle my * setup comfortably? Thanks, Jeff ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users Jeff McClure [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it
I am running that same level of box ( with more RAM ) as my test box and it worked nearly acceptably with the T100P but has severe sound quality issues with the T400P running more than 2 calls into VM or playing announcements. It will be marginal, try and find a faster box, even a P-II 450 would be much better. Bill Jeff McClure wrote: Hi folks, Right now I'm running * along with a lot of other apps on my firewall box, which is a P-II 400 with 192MB of RAM. I have a single T100P card connected to a channel bank that's using one FXO and two FXS ports. I want to move * off to another computer (mostly because I think the other apps on the current box are causing enough of a load to affect the sound quality a bit). I'm looking for a computer to put it on, and I've found someone with a P-II 350 with 64MB of RAM (I could steal another 64MB from the firewall if I have to). So, I need an opinion from some more experienced users. Given the same number of ports and assuming I don't run any other apps on the box, is that P-II 350 beefy enough to handle my * setup comfortably? Thanks, Jeff ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it
You can try using the -p option to Asterisk. Mark On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Jeff McClure wrote: Good points. This system currently does not use any SIP or IAX channels (or any other form of VoIP) and only deals with 1 call at a time (the single FXO channel is the only link to the outside). At some point, I may add an IAX link to a friend's * box, but I really don't see this setup ever having to deal with more than 2 concurrent calls (one over IAX, possibly with GSM, the other using just the Zaptel channels with no compression at all). Oh...and voicemail uses GSM, of course. The current sound quality is pretty good, but what I do hear are tiny little hiccups during GSM playback in voicemail. Again, I suspect what I'm hearing is the effect of the load on box spiking due to other processes. Does that sound reasonable? Maybe that extra level of detail can help some folks form opinions about required CPU horsepower. --On Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:43 AM + WipeOut . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jeff.. What you are asking is a little bit of a grey area because there are a number of factors that will affect how well you system will perform.. things like the average number of concurrent calls?, are you using VoIP?, what codecs are you using for the SIP of IAX channels? and no doubt a few others.. But here is my experience.. I am using a PII-400 and with 2 concurrent VoIP calls using G.711 codec the processor barely registers anything.. So I should thing that this system should handle 10-15 concurrent calls... If I used the GSM codec for example I an sure this number would drop significantly.. Hope that helps.. Hi folks, Right now I'm running * along with a lot of other apps on my firewall box, which is a P-II 400 with 192MB of RAM. I have a single T100P card connected to a channel bank that's using one FXO and two FXS ports. I want to move * off to another computer (mostly because I think the other apps on the current box are causing enough of a load to affect the sound quality a bit). I'm looking for a computer to put it on, and I've found someone with a P-II 350 with 64MB of RAM (I could steal another 64MB from the firewall if I have to). So, I need an opinion from some more experienced users. Given the same number of ports and assuming I don't run any other apps on the box, is that P-II 350 beefy enough to handle my * setup comfortably? Thanks, Jeff ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users Jeff McClure [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it
a) do you have a preemtive kernel and low-latency scheduling I'm running a stock 2.4.20 kernel. You could call this my production box, so I'm hesitant to run development/customized kernels on it. If I'm able to split * out onto its own box, I will be much more willing to try optimizations like this (I'm thinking about using Gentoo so I can compile the entire system from the ground up with optimizations). Do you have a suggestion for a good kernel version to use for this? b) have you tried (temporarily) removing any apps that may load the system and still seen if the hiccups or other such symptoms are present Since this box provides so many services to me, it's inconvenient to strip it down like that, so I have not tried it yet. However, it's a good idea, so I'll try to create a maintenance window to try it out soon. c) i've run a single X100P on a P1-100 and not had problems but it was a while back *nod* I don't know what the load looks like for a single X100P versus my T100P with 3 active channels. I do know that the wct1xxp module itself seems to create a load that shows up in top as a system percentage of anything from next to 0% to occasional spikes of about 20%. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Jeff McClure wrote: The current sound quality is pretty good, but what I do hear are tiny little hiccups during GSM playback in voicemail. Again, I suspect what I'm hearing is the effect of the load on box spiking due to other processes. Does that sound reasonable? a) do you have a preemtive kernel and low-latency scheduling b) have you tried (temporarily) removing any apps that may load the system and still seen if the hiccups or other such symptoms are present c) i've run a single X100P on a P1-100 and not had problems but it was a while back -- Mirza Wasim Baig | Principal Consultant | Convergence Business Systems VOX: +92(51)282-0628 x7400 | FAX: +92(51)282-0621 | IAX: (700)282-0628 ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it
On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 15:47, Jeff McClure shaped the electrons to say: a) do you have a preemtive kernel and low-latency scheduling I'm running a stock 2.4.20 kernel. You could call this my production box, so I'm hesitant to run development/customized kernels on it. If I'm able to split * out onto its own box, I will be much more willing to try optimizations like this (I'm thinking about using Gentoo so I can compile the entire system from the ground up with optimizations). Do you have a suggestion for a good kernel version to use for this? b) have you tried (temporarily) removing any apps that may load the system and still seen if the hiccups or other such symptoms are present Since this box provides so many services to me, it's inconvenient to strip it down like that, so I have not tried it yet. However, it's a good idea, so I'll try to create a maintenance window to try it out soon. preemptive and low latency kills zaptel on shuttle machines. it really fdepends on your mobo if it will work with this patches and the zaptel drivers. We are using gentoo all over the place but some boxes need vanilla kernels :) c) i've run a single X100P on a P1-100 and not had problems but it was a while back *nod* I don't know what the load looks like for a single X100P versus my T100P with 3 active channels. I do know that the wct1xxp module itself seems to create a load that shows up in top as a system percentage of anything from next to 0% to occasional spikes of about 20%. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Jeff McClure wrote: The current sound quality is pretty good, but what I do hear are tiny little hiccups during GSM playback in voicemail. Again, I suspect what I'm hearing is the effect of the load on box spiking due to other processes. Does that sound reasonable? a) do you have a preemtive kernel and low-latency scheduling b) have you tried (temporarily) removing any apps that may load the system and still seen if the hiccups or other such symptoms are present c) i've run a single X100P on a P1-100 and not had problems but it was a while back -- Mirza Wasim Baig | Principal Consultant | Convergence Business Systems VOX: +92(51)282-0628 x7400 | FAX: +92(51)282-0621 | IAX: (700)282-0628 ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Michael Bielicki Managing Director TAAN Consultants Ltd http://www.global-gateway.net/ -- This correspondence is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information or both. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this correspondence in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or rely on any part of this correspondence if you are not the intended recipient. Any opinions expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it
Hi folks, Right now I'm running * along with a lot of other apps on my firewall box, which is a P-II 400 with 192MB of RAM. I have a single T100P card connected to a channel bank that's using one FXO and two FXS ports. I want to move * off to another computer (mostly because I think the other apps on the current box are causing enough of a load to affect the sound quality a bit). I'm looking for a computer to put it on, and I've found someone with a P-II 350 with 64MB of RAM (I could steal another 64MB from the firewall if I have to). So, I need an opinion from some more experienced users. Given the same number of ports and assuming I don't run any other apps on the box, is that P-II 350 beefy enough to handle my * setup comfortably? Thanks, Jeff ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] will this machine handle it
Hi Jeff.. What you are asking is a little bit of a grey area because there are a number of factors that will affect how well you system will perform.. things like the average number of concurrent calls?, are you using VoIP?, what codecs are you using for the SIP of IAX channels? and no doubt a few others.. But here is my experience.. I am using a PII-400 and with 2 concurrent VoIP calls using G.711 codec the processor barely registers anything.. So I should thing that this system should handle 10-15 concurrent calls... If I used the GSM codec for example I an sure this number would drop significantly.. Hope that helps.. Hi folks, Right now I'm running * along with a lot of other apps on my firewall box, which is a P-II 400 with 192MB of RAM. I have a single T100P card connected to a channel bank that's using one FXO and two FXS ports. I want to move * off to another computer (mostly because I think the other apps on the current box are causing enough of a load to affect the sound quality a bit). I'm looking for a computer to put it on, and I've found someone with a P-II 350 with 64MB of RAM (I could steal another 64MB from the firewall if I have to). So, I need an opinion from some more experienced users. Given the same number of ports and assuming I don't run any other apps on the box, is that P-II 350 beefy enough to handle my * setup comfortably? Thanks, Jeff ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
