[Freeswitch-users] CPU for FS boxes. High freq.? or more cores? or more cache?

[Alexey Sibyakin]

If no transcoding or resampling will be performed there is no need for high
freq. More cores definitely will help with more sessions (a lot of threads,
less costly context switches).

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 3:05 AM, Giovanni Maruzzelli <gmaruzz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If I have to compromise, in your case I'd go with more cores.
>
> -giovanni
>
>
>
> On 24 January 2018 at 14:15, Adam Raszynski <netcentrica at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I plan to buy some new servers to use as FreeSWITCH boxes
>>
>> Servers mainly bridge calls and proxy media from A to B. No special
>> features, but they got a lot of traffic and customers require high quality
>> of calls.
>>
>> What is the best practice in choosing CPU for FS boxes?
>>
>>
>> I see different options:
>>
>> - high frequency (4GHz+) desktop CPU's like Intel i7 series
>>
>> - medium frequency Xeons/Opterons, but with large cache
>>
>> - low frequency Xeons/Opterons but with many cores
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately I can't find reasonably priced CPU's that will have both
>> high freq., many cores and large cache so need to pick what's the best
>>
>>
>> What is most important performance-wise for low latency, high quality
>> media bridging? More single core frequency? More cache? More cores?
>>
>> Kind Regards
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