[Freeswitch-users] hardware requirements

[Michael Collins]

True enough. Send me a card and I will give it a test drive! :)
-MC

2011/1/6 João Mesquita <jmesquita at freeswitch.org>

> That's because you've never tried Khomp. I would say it would be a very
> good battle to say the least!
>
> João Mesquita
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org>wrote:
>
>> FreeSWITCH works just fine with TDM cards. I tinkered with an old P4 and a
>> 4-port Tormenta2 clone and easily handled dozens of concurrent calls, and
>> that was before the FreeTDM stuff made things more reliable.
>>
>> At this point hardware is cheap, so get yourself a 4- or 8- core box with
>> 8GB RAM and some fast hard drives. For the best experience with TDM I
>> recommend a Sangoma card over the Zaptel clones.
>>
>>  -MC
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:04 AM, Steven Ayre <steveayre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6 January 2011 12:47, ovvenkat <ovvenkatesan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Thanks Steve,
>>> >
>>> > As of now, I am planning to handle 120 concurrent calls.
>>> > ( If client wants, I may increase concurrent calls )
>>> > Each call duration will be 90 - 120 seconds.
>>>
>>> Not sure what the minimum requirements are, but I have 24month old
>>> servers that are dual 4core Xeon E5405 with 8GB RAM. They wouldn't
>>> find 120 calls taxing at all.
>>>
>>> Load will depend what you're doing though - transcoding uses CPU, and
>>> things like IVR, recording, voicemail, conferencing will involve far
>>> more processing than just bridging a call.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > will  freeSwitch support OpenVox D410P 4-port E1/T1/J1 card?
>>>
>>> I haven't used FreeSWITCH with TDM personally, but AFAIK any zaptel
>>> compatible card will work with freetdm. That card appears to be zaptel
>>> compatible.
>>>
>>> Perhaps someone else can chime in to confirm?
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Call will be landing from the mobile phones, Do I need to use any
>>> codec?
>>>
>>> Calls always use a codec... you just need to pick which is best.
>>> You'll want to avoid using too much bandwidth so you can run over
>>> 2/2.5G networks. There's a few that would suit, including Speex, GSM,
>>> G729. G729 would need a $10/channel license, the rest are free.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Venkat.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Steven Ayre <steveayre at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> What do you expect the peak CPS and number of concurrent calls to be?
>>> >>
>>> >> Any current Xeon server should be able to do 3cps fine (72000 in 6
>>> >> hours). What really will dictate your hardware requirements is what
>>> >> the maximum load you want to handle at any one time is.
>>> >>
>>> >> -Steve
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On 6 January 2011 11:32, ovvenkat <ovvenkatesan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi to all,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I have to handle 72,000 inbound calls per day ( 6 - 8 hours ),
>>> >> > Anyone please suggest me the
>>> >> > hardware requirement for the same.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Like, What kind of Server and how many PRI or BRI cards will fulfill
>>> the
>>> >> > needs.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > * Its Simple IVR, Call will be landing from mobile phones.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
>>> >> >
>>> >> > If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time.
>>> >> > If you have come to because your liberation is bound up in mine, we
>>> can
>>> >> > work
>>> >> > together.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Regards
>>> >> > Venkatesan OV.
>>> >> >
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